Preventative treatment for Otitis externae
First Claim
1. A composition for preventive treatment for swimmer'"'"'s ear said composition comprising,a pharmaceutically safe, liquid, non-ionic, substantially water insoluble aqueous surface tension reducing agent, in combination with an effective buffering amount of, a pharmaceutically safe non-skin irritating acidifying agent, anda pharmaceutically acceptable medicinal agent which is non-irritating, in an amount which is effective to prevent said surfactant from providing a medium for bacterial growth.
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Abstract
A preventative composition for Otitis externae, commonly referred to as "Swimmer'"'"'s Ear," and for eliminating the discomfort of water remaining in the external canal, which comprises applying to the skin surface of the external auditory canal of a patient'"'"'s ear, a pharmaceutically safe, liquid, nonionic, substantially water insoluble, aqueous surface tension reducing agent.
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11 Claims
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1. A composition for preventive treatment for swimmer'"'"'s ear said composition comprising,
a pharmaceutically safe, liquid, non-ionic, substantially water insoluble aqueous surface tension reducing agent, in combination with an effective buffering amount of, a pharmaceutically safe non-skin irritating acidifying agent, and a pharmaceutically acceptable medicinal agent which is non-irritating, in an amount which is effective to prevent said surfactant from providing a medium for bacterial growth.
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10. A composition for preventive treatment for swimmer'"'"'s ear, said composition comprising,
a pharmaceutically safe, liquid, non-ionic substantially water insoluble aqueous surface tension reducing agent selected from the group consisting of those having an ether linkage, an ester linkage, an ester-ether linkage and an amide linkage, in combination with from about 1% to about 1.5% by weight of said surface active agent of a pharmaceutically safe, non-skin irritating acid, and from about 0.1% to about 2.0% by weight of said surface active agent of a medicinal agent selected from the group consisting of methyl and propyl esters of parahydroxybenzoic acid.
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