Zymox Advanced Formula Otic Plus Enzymatic Ear Solution for Dogs and Cats

Zymox Advanced Formula Otic Plus with 1% Hydrocortisone can save you a visit to the vet! Our previous vet prescribed this product for our pup without the hydrocortisone (a pain reliever) and wanted to charge us over $60 for a1.25 oz bottle. I checked Amazon and found the same product (WITH pain reliever) for $33. I ordered it immediately. This is an OTC pet med for ear infections or the beginning of them. It is easy to administer drops in the affected ear. Simply squeeze individual drops and rub the base of the ear. My boy didn't shake his head anymore, appeared comforted and the infection only improved. We headed off another vet bill and antibiotics. Zymox is a fantastic product, endorsed by veterinarians. It lasts for hours (recommended administration is twice daily). The savings was tremendous when every dollar counts. If your pup is shaking it's head and the ear is not warm yet - I recommend trying Zymox with hydrocortisone first. If the ear warms, a vet visit is warranted. Please note - this is NOT a product for humans!

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.

This is a god-send Our dog loves to swim in our pool and is allergic to life. We have been battling chronic ear infections his whole life, spending thousands (no joke) at the vet with countless appointments and medications. We have finally gotten his ear infections under control, a huge part thanks to Zymox. Shockingly, we were not directed to this product by our vet, but by my own tireless research for my poor dog. We will put this in his ears every 2 weeks or so or more often if he has been swimming a lot, just for maintenance. It works really well. But it also works for ACTUAL ear infections. We get lazy or busy and forgot to put the maintenance drops in and suddenly the ear is painful and red and gross. We put these drops in everyday for a few days and it clears it right up. I haven’t been back to the vet since staring this. And we even stopped the prescription dog food and went back to a normal diet. I will say my dog really hates getting this (or any medicine) put in his ears. But I’m sure that is because he is used to his ear being in so much pain all the time. He was traumatized, I’m sure. I won’t say that zymox is 100% responsibile for the improvement. We also starting giving him daily fish oil, tumeric, and an allergy pill. But there is NO DOUBT IN MY MIND that this stuff works wonders. Even with all these measures, including a prescription allergy pill, he still gets flare ups and starts to get ear infections. And this clears it up within days. One warning- multiple times he has had an ear infection and I put these drops in, the next day the ear looks worse- more red, spots, irritation (and I panicked). But I put them in again and then next day it starts to clear up and continues to get better with each day of drops in his ears. We always have a bottle on hand

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.

My poor goldendoodle has had chronic ear infections since she got anaplasmosis from a tick bite (while on simpirica trio!). The last one in January turned antibiotic resistant. Every time we bring her to the vet, they give keto solution or otic. Her ears were so swollen the stuff doesn’t even get in there! They put her on steroids that made her crazy and still the infection turned worse. The keto solution sits in there making it a wet environment (if they are swollen some will seep down and they can’t shake it out due to swelling, or it just sits on the outside making the ear moist in general), perfect for fungus and bacteria to breed. After thousands of dollars and 3 vets all wanting to do things that don’t work or fix the CAUSE, I decided to not put any more cleaning fluids in (thank goodness for AI helping me make this decision) and just opt for this product when she starts getting itchy which is maybe once a month on air quality alert days. After her last course of topical, oral antibiotics and steroids which usually gave her two weeks of clear ears, I was prepared for another battle. She had 30 days of doxy, 14 days of another one and 7 days of another antibiotic! This destroyed her immune system. All of this because her Simpirica Trio did not work that is 200 for 6 pills (is this a scam?). And vets are not motivated to fix things since they would not have a job without chronic issues. I knew it would be rough. 2 weeks after treatment, like clockwork, her ears started back up. Instead of cleaning them more and taking her back to the vet, I got this stuff. Bam! It’s been 7 months without an infection. I also put her on Proplan fortiflora, proviable probiotics and I make sure her food doesn’t have corn, soy, wheat, or a lot of rice. A lot of the foods that VETS recommend are loaded with filler carbs! Carbs feed bacteria and yeast! Dogs need carbs, obviously just like we do but quality is important. Her food has better carbs like carrots and fruits so she still has energy. She still has itchy days because we cannot control all of her variables and she is still healing from the anaplasmosis, but dang this stuff works to keep her out of the vet and treatments that not only didn’t help, but made it worse. This actually worked to prevent infection and the probiotics have been instrumental in helping her overall immune system. Not only did it prevent infection for her but anytime she gets itchy, it helps in a matter of minutes and she can’t shake it out, it’s easy to drop in and thick. Would be nice to have a dropper bc it’s like a best guess on how much but what I’ve learned is that the sooner you get to it, the less you need and you can spot treat once it is totally clear. Life changing product when you love your pupper more than life. Worth every cent. I hope this review helps at least one other puppy and their pawrents that worry over them. Yes, bring your pets to the vet, but question them, and look for solutions rather than just going along with the plan. Find another vet that actually wants to prevent the problem, not just cytopoint it! Research it. AI is phenomenal now and we don’t just have to watch our pets suffer bc vets only have 15 min to talk to you; we can go in with questions and come to a holistic, preventative solution rather than just throwing antibiotics or allergy shots at everything.

Helped clear up my German Shepherds itchy and sore ears. She had brownish build-up a day after cleaning her ears. This also cleared that up.

My dog had a bacterial infection in his ear. I used two different types of medicine and nothing seemed to work. He had stinky ears and there was gooey gunk coming out along with dark earwax. I tried this and immediately saw results after the first use. The gunk was gone and it hasn’t come back. My dog’s ear doesn’t look irritated and red anymore from scratching. He isn’t scratching and shaking his head anymore. We are on day 5 currently and I’m very happy with the results.

I am extremely happy with this product. My dog’s ears have cleared up much faster than I expected. It’s is very easy to apply, with it being thicker than most liquids. And it’s nice that when my dog shakes her head, the medicine doesn’t go all over her. It gave her relief from discomfort and itching after just a few treatments. I will definitely be keeping this medication on hand.

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.

Had tried numerous different ways & products to rectify my cat’s yeasty ears which was giving her great irritation. Came across Zymox as a suggestion, applied once a day for 7 days- Problem solved immediately after one weeks use.! Even now a few weeks later she is irritation free and her ears are clear of black debris. Highly recommended.

Excellent product! 5Star Service!

it does what it says cheap then going to vets

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!