eustachian tube
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hi, this is what an old ENT doctor told me 40 years ago and at the time he was nearing retirement.
He stated that the Eustachian Tube and inner ear are not well vascularized so taking antibiotics by mouth are not going to be 100% effective as a systemic approach. He gave me antibiotic ear drops with lidocaine..... I think it was called lidosporin which is probably not made anymore.
2 drops in each ear when I felt a cold coming on would effectively shut down that infection & I wouldn't get sick. This as an off label situation. I tried to get it refilled and nobody would write the perscription for me, saying it wasn't used for what I was using it for.....its not going to pass through the ear drum. But the doctor that gave it to me told me to demand it. The antibiotic part of the formula they will say won't penetrate the ear drum......but to me ....it does. He also said the situation had the eustachian closed and to open it up.....take an over the counter allergy pill. it would open up the tube and the inner ear would drain. He said the cause was blowing your nose.....the pressure pushes the infected mucose up into the inner ear.....causing the problem........and that doctors just don't understand that it can be treated systemically.....it has to be direct via the ear drops with antibiotic in them.
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