Zymox Advanced Formula Otic Plus Enzymatic Ear Solution for Dogs and Cats with 1% Hydrocortisone, 1.25oz

Sorry if this takes a minute: I am a RN. My go-to is to trust what a MD or, in turn, a Vet tells me. However… We went through months and thousands $$$ treating and testing my dog’s ear infection with little improvement. It got to be so bad he started to shirk away when we approached him (it absolutely broke my heart!) We finally found the right Rx but it was a nightmare!!!Here we are a couple years later and we adopt a pair of cats from a local rescue group. Take them to our Vet for a new owner/bringing home check up and lo n behold one of them has ears full of dark brown nasty gunk, totally red and inflamed. Take cultures, NO mites, +staph (of course) +fungal/yeast overgrowth, same exact cultures that popped positive with my dog, except the issue is… The med they had given my dog that FINALLY worked, not available for kitties! They cleaned him up the best they could and I went home telling them I wanted to do more research…I found this stuff and gave it a Hail Mary shot after reading the multiple attestations of cures all over the internet. I was NOT exceedingly hopeful of a fix, just thinking it’d tide him over while I found a true “cure”. Ha!!!He was so inflamed originally I couldn’t get a starter picture, just imagine his ears practically PACKED with dark brownish-black, thick, cheesy, gunk, the Vet started out by scraping chunks out with a rubber speculum, then swabbing gauze pad after gauze pad until a small mountain formed.The first couple pictures I have are from day 3 of using this, the last few are from today, day 5. On day 3 I lightly swabbed out the excess from the outer ear canal and all THAT is what you see on the cotton swab.The product liquifies the nastiness and it visibly drains down and out the sides of his ears, on a white cat like him you can really see just how much grossness is being flushed out. The redness improved immediately on use, and now it has completely resolved! He’s not holding his head sideways anymore, and the drainage coming out isn’t coming out looking as much like tobacco spit like it was originally, yuck!I read about the tip falling out/off of the bottle, so I wrapped it with a layer of freezer tape, it is keeping it in place perfectly snug.To administer: I burrito wrap/bundle him in a towel, scruff him lightly, pull his ear back, and hold the dropper an inch or so away so I can see the drops individually fall. If you can drop them against the skin of the outer ear avoiding the inner canal and fur it seems to lessen the head shaking instinct. For him, as a 11lb cat, I found 5 drops seems to be a good amount.He seems completely unbothered by the medicine itself. He shakes his head once or twice, I give him some treats which he eats immediately and he goes right back to be-bopping around. It doesn’t seem to have any effect on his appetite or be giving him any GI upset.Today is day 5, there is still quite a lot of buildup in the deeper part of his ear canal, I will continue with the treatment for the full 7 days, possibly extend to 10.

Wow!My dog had what I interpreted as excessive wax build up in his ear. He’s a feisty little guy and I could not get on top of it with mere cleaning and hair trimming. With a yeasty smell I turned to this product. The debris that came out of his ear was phenomenal, and now he is irritation free with a very clean ear canal. This product is highly recommended.

About twice a year, our dog’s ears need more than just a wipe, and that’s when we turn to this product. It has successfully knocked out any and all brewing ear infections due to environmental allergies, swimming, or whatever else. Not having to pre-clean the ear means less discomfort when treating. The gel formula seems to be tolerated better by our dog than the liquid solutions, and between the post-application head shake and wiping of excess gel, it basically coats all surfaces of the inside of the ear to effectively treat the entirety. Hydrocortisone also relieves itch and calms sore, red, inflamed ears, making each subsequent application easier and less painful.If you use this please be sure to use the product for the entire duration that is recommended. This is not a one and done product. It takes time and consistency for these enzymes to fully treat, break down all the gunk, and clean out the ear. If you apply this for only 1 or 2 days, wax and debris will still remain deep inside the ear and nothing will be solved. Don’t be lazy.

I haven’t had to go to the vet and pay hundreds of dollars for things to fix her ear infections since we got this stuff. I have a Chinese shar pei so it’s really common for them to get ear infections. This stuff is thick and doesn’t go everywhere, travels thru their ear and then you just wipe the excess. It’s great!

Excellent product as describe