Comparison of compliance between topical aural medications

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 331-334

  Lancaster, J ^a,c   Mathews, J ^a   Williams, R S ^b   Thussey, C ^a   Kent, S E ^a  

^a WARRINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^c SpR ENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compliance; Eardrops; Ototoxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS GLACIAL ACETIC ACID PLUS NEOMYCIN SULFATE; EAR DROPS; GENTAMICIN PLUS HYDROCORTISONE; GENTISONE; OTOMIZE; SOFRADEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; EXTERNAL OTITIS; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OTOTOXICITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FRAMYCETIN; GENTAMICINS; GRAMICIDIN; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; NEOMYCIN; OTITIS EXTERNA; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0041529746     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2003.00715.x     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. COMMITTEE ON THE SAFETY OF MEDICINES (1997) Current problems in pharmacovigilance. Committee on the Safety of Medicines Publication no. 23, 14-16
2. ANONYMOUS. (1998) Ototoxic ear drops. BAORL Newsletter 98/2, 1-2
3. LANCASTER J.L., MAKURA Z.G.G., PORTER G. et al. (1999) Topical aminoglycosides in the management of active mucosal chronic suppurative otitis media. J. Laryngol. Otol. 113, 10-12
4. EADY E.A. & COVE J.H. (1990) Topical antibiotic therapy: current status and future prospects. Drugs Exp. Clin. Res. 16, 423-433
5. AGIUS A.M., REID A.P. & HAMILTON C. (1994) Patient compliance with short term topical aural antibiotic. Clin. Otolaryngol. 19, 138-141
6. ENGLAND R.J., HOMER J.J., JASSER P. et al. (2000) Accuracy of patient self-administration with topical ear-drops. J. Laryngol. Otol. 114, 24-25
7. IKEDA H., SATO M., TSUKAMOTO H. et al. (2001) Evaluation and multivariate statistical analysis of factors influencing patient adherence to ophthalmic solutions. J. Pharmaceut Soc. Japan 121, 799-806
8. WINTERS J.E., CASTELLS D.D. & LESHER G.A. (2001) Variability in doses obtained from multi dose ophthalmic solution: a potential source of error in the assessment of compliance. Optometry 72, 185-188
9. PATEL R.S. & MCGARRY G.W. (2001) Most patients overdose on topical nasal corticosteroid drops: an accurate delivery device is required. J. Laryngol. Otol. 115, 633-635
10. AVERNS H., HALL J. & WEBLEY M. (1999) Role of Opticare eye drop delivery system in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. J. Rheumatol. 26, 2615-2618
11. RIVERS P.H. (1992) Compliance aids - do they work? Drugs Ageing 2, 103-11
12. MCGARRY G.W. & SWAN I.R.C. (1992) Endoscopic photographic comparison of drug delivery by ear-drops and by aerosol spray. Clin. Otolaryngol. 17, 359-360
13. SMITH R.B. & MOODIE J. (1990) Comparative efficacy and tolerability of two antibacterial/anti-inflammatory formulations (Otomize spray & Otosporin drops) in the treatment of otitis externa in general practice. Curr. Med. Res. Opin. 11, 661-667