Help Choose Appropriate Ear Drops for Kids with Ear Tubes

June 2017

The new otic drop, Otixal (oh-TIK-sahl), will bring up questions about how to care for children with ear tubes.

Think of Otixal as similar to Ciprodex.

Otixal contains ciprofloxacin and fluocinolone...Ciprodex is ciprofloxacin and dexamethasone. Both are used to treat acute otitis media in children with ear tubes.

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