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EAR DROPS
EAR DROPS
urea hydrogen peroxide 5% w/w
Please read all of this leaflet carefully before you start using this product.
Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again. Ask your doctor, nurse or pharmacist if you need
more information or advice. You must contact a doctor if your symptoms worsen or do not improve
within a reasonable period.
In this leaflet:
1. What Otex is and what it is used for • if you have tried to remove the ear wax
2. Before you use Otex using fingernails, cotton buds or other
3. How to use Otex implements. (This is because you might
have damaged the delicate inner lining
4. Possible side effects of the ear, leading to swelling or
5. How to store Otex infection.) This could make it painful
6. Further information to use the ear drops.
• if you have had your ear syringed in the
1. WHAT OTEX IS AND WHAT IT IS last 2 to 3 days – this could also make
USED FOR it painful to use the eardrops.
• Otex ear drops are used to help remove Take special care when using this product:
hardened wax from the ear canal. • If you are in any doubt whether this
• Otex is suitable for use by adults, product is suitable for you, talk to your
children and the elderly. doctor, nurse or pharmacist before use.
• The active ingredient is urea hydrogen If Otex gets into the eyes
peroxide. It works by breaking down the • Take care to avoid getting Otex in
ear wax into small pieces. your eyes.
• Excessive, hardened ear wax is quite • If this happens, rinse the eye immediately
common. It causes problems when with water for 10 to 15 minutes, holding
it builds up and blocks the ear canal. the eyelids apart and avoiding getting
The first symptom is usually a feeling the rinse liquid in the other eye.
of discomfort and fullness in the ear. • Tell your doctor or pharmacist if irritation
This can become painful and cause persists.
dizziness and some loss of hearing if
left untreated. Taking other medicines and using
hearing aids
• Otex makes removal of ear wax easier,
and in many cases avoids the need for • It is important not to use Otex at the same
ear syringing. time you are putting anything else in the
ear (such as other ear drops or a hearing
2. BEFORE YOU USE OTEX aid).
Do not use Otex: • Otex is not known to affect, or to be
• if you are allergic (hypersensitive) to urea affected by, any other kinds of medicines
hydrogen peroxide or any of the other that you may be using.
ingredients of Otex listed in Section 6.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
• if you have a history of ear problems, Otex can be used during pregnancy and
unless used under the close supervision while breast-feeding. The ingredients have
of your doctor, nurse or pharmacist. been in widespread use in this and similar
• if you are also putting anything else in preparations for many years, without reports
the ear (such as other ear drops or a of problems. However, safety trials have not
hearing aid). been conducted.
• if your ear drum is (or has been) damaged. Driving and using machinery
• if you suffer from dizziness. Using this product is not known to affect
your ability to drive or use machinery.
• if there is anything else wrong with your However, the build up of ear wax can cause
ear - such as pain, swelling, discharge, dizziness, and this may be made worse by
infection or tinnitus (ringing sounds in using the ear drops (see Section 4). If you
the ear). are affected, do not drive or use machinery.