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Using Medicine
Eardrops
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Step by Step Instructions
- Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water.
- Gently clean your ear with a damp facecloth and then dry your ear.
- Warm the drops to near body temperature by holding the container in your hand for a few
minutes.
- If the drops are a cloudy suspension, shake the bottle well for 10 seconds.
- Check the dropper tip to make sure that it is not chipped or cracked.
- Draw the medication into the dropper, or hold the dropper-top bottle with the
dropper tip down.
- Tilt the affected ear up or lie on your side.
- Avoid touching the dropper tip against your ear or anything else. Eardrops and the
dropper must be kept clean.
- Place the correct amount in your ear. Then tug gently on your ear to allow the drops
to run in.
- Keep your ear tilted up for a few minutes or insert a soft cotton plug in your ear,
whichever method has been recommended by your pharmacist or doctor.
- Replace and tighten the cap or dropper right away.
- Wash your hands to remove any medication.
REMEMBER:
- Follow directions carefully
- Do not miss doses
- Store medications out of reach of children
Adapted, with
permission, from the Michigan Pharmacists Association's Patient Education
Program.
Additional Tips for Using Ear Drops
- Follow directions carefully.
- Do not miss doses.
- Store medications out of reach of children.
- Do not touch dropper tip to ear.
- If more than one type of ear drops is being used, wait at least 2 minutes before instilling the next ear drop.
- Let the ear drops drain in for at least 2 minutes before moving head from tilted position.
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Last Updated: December 2006
This content was created by members of the DrugDigest team of experts and is solely under DrugDigest's editorial control.
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Eardrops