Pregnancy Cat

Docusate Sodium can be used in case of pregnancy & lactation. As it is a non-systemic application, there is no information to suggest that Docusate Sodium ear drops should not be used during pregnancy and lactation.

Precautions

If pain or inflammation is experienced, treatment should be discontinued.

Overdose Effects

Excess Docusate Sodium ear drops may seep from the ear and treatment of any resulting adverse events, such as skin irritation should be symptomatic.

Drug Classes

Cerumenolytic

Storage Conditions

Keep away from light and moisture, store below 25°C.

Composition

n/a

Mode Of Action

Ear wax which often obstructs the external auditory meatus of the ear contains less than 50% of fatty matter derived from secretions of the sebaceous ceruminous glands. The majority of the wax consists of desquamated epithelium, foreign matter and shed hairs. This non-fatty material forms a matrix holding together the granules of fatty matter to form the ceruminous mass. The addition of oils or solvents binds the mass more firmly together, but aqueous solutions, if they are able to penetrate the matrix, cause a disintegration of the ceruminous mass. Docusate Sodium ear drops, because of their low surface tension and miscibility, rapidly penetrate the dry matrix of the ceruminous mass, reducing the solid ear wax to a semi-solid debris.

Reconstitution

n/a