Comments on: PetMeds® Pet Ear Antibiotic Mometamax

By: Dr. Michael Dym, VMD veterinarian

Dr. Michael Dym, VMD veterinarian — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:52:56 +0000

Thanks for sharing your experiences with the product.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:47:40 +0000

My 10 year old maltese had a horrible ear infection that was affecting her overall health severely. Mometamax played a large roll in her recovery and started to clear up her ears in just a few uses. She’s prone to ear infections, and I am using Mometamax again. Given her age, I think a risk of deafness is a small price to pay for a product that prevented me from having to make the decision to have her put to sleep or not. I’m very happy with the product and will continue to use it.

By: Dr. Michael Dym, VMD veterinarian

Dr. Michael Dym, VMD veterinarian — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:09:50 +0000

Thanks for sharing. At least it sounds like her hearing is coming back, which is great news.

By: Brent

Brent — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:14:08 +0000

My 11year old Shih Tzu was in for her check up Vet said she had a little infection in ear gave me Otomax for her .Put drops in at night dog was total deaf in morning ,Looked up Otomax and found out what it could do ,I flushed out the dogs ears to get the drug out ,took a week dogs hearing is back to about 80% hard to tell but much better ,Going to try Zymox hard to find in BC ,I can not understand why a Vet would not warn people of this obviously not rare reaction could possibly saved a lot of dogs there hearing if people knew what to watch out for

By: Dr. Michael Dym, VMD veterinarian

Dr. Michael Dym, VMD veterinarian — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:56:04 +0000

I would take her back to the vet for a recheck. Facial swelling could be allergy or even tooth root abcess as well, in addition to eye will likely need treatment.

By: JoAnne

JoAnne — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:45:03 +0000

Have a rescue cat, approx 3 yrs old, the doctor prescribed Mometamx 1 x per day in both ears, her Left ear has a major ear infection in it. It did have ear mites that due to the rpior owners neglect was left untreated. Now the problem has excalated !!! The cats ears both were “flushed” to get all the “junk” out of them. She came home on this med and Zenequin 50 mg(1/2 pill ) 1x a day w/her food.
Now her face is swollen on the Left side/her left eye has a BLOWN Pupil !! She is walking/eating fine. But her peripheal vision is off because she can only use one eye now.
The side effect for this med show these symptoms on other sites…. but, not the eye issue ?? ALSO _ Other sites Clearly Note not to use this med on Cats ??? Any ideas/thoughts ??

By: Dr. Michael Dym, VMD veterinarian

Dr. Michael Dym, VMD veterinarian — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:07:48 +0000

Sorry to hear about your dog. Unfortunately these side effects can occur with these drugs.

By: Becky

Becky — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:40:57 +0000

Unfortunately I am another negative post. Took my such Schnoodle in for a check and my vet said he appeared to have bacterial infection and prescribed this medication without warning to possible side affect. Within 3 days he became completely deaf. Sad to see because he used to greet us at the door with wagging tail now I have to walk in cautiously not to frighten him. I just wish I would have known of alternative options and long term side affects.

By: Dr. Michael Dym, VMD veterinarian

Dr. Michael Dym, VMD veterinarian — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:02:26 +0000

I am sorry to hear of your pet’s unfortunate reaction to this product. This side effect does occasionally occur. In some pets the hearing may come back, while in other pets the hearing loss is permanent.

By: Bette

Bette — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:19:04 +0000

Our 12 year old Yorkie had ear infections and we also were given Mometamax for her. We noticed after about five days she could no longer hear anything. Now besides a cataract in one eye, one developing in the other, she cannot hear because of a medication that was supposed to help her. The vet just brushed it off and said perhaps it was a side effect to the medication but it should be temporary. After reading the other comments, I am very sad and not hopeful. I wish we had been told this could happen.