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Earwax Treatments - A ComparisonThere is no one single study that compares all earwax treatments in terms of efficacy. However, a group of medical investigators did perform an analysis by looking at 14 studies to determine if it was possible to rank the effectiveness of earwax removers. Following is a chart that summarizes the findings of this analysis. 1. Clegg AJ et.al. Health Technol Assess, 2010. Results from comparing 14 studies. Study criteria included: interventions - all methods of earwax removal available and combinations of these methods; participants - adults/children presenting requiring earwax removal; outcomes - measures of hearing, adequacy of clearance of wax, quality of life, time to recurrence or further treatment; design - randomised controlled trials for clinical effectiveness.
2. Singer et.al. Annals Emerg Med, 2000. |
The analysis determined that earwax treatments such as Cerumol, sodium bicarbonate, olive oil and water were more effective than no treatment at all. Furthermore, the analysis also concluded that Cerumenex was better at removing earwax than olive oil. In turn, a separate study determined that docusate (the active ingredient in LiquiCera) is more effective than Cerumenex.
Based on results from this analysis we decided to use docusate as the active ingredient in LiquiCera. It should be noted that the mixture of oils that carry docusate also help to soften earwax. For more information on the efficacy of docusate and LiquiCera click here
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