Water-based |
Acetic acid | 2.5% aqueous acetic acid |
Cerumenex® (Purdue Frederick) (no longer marketed in UK) | 10% triethanolamine polypeptide oleate-condensate |
Colace® (Purdue Frederick) liquid (marketed as a laxative) | docusate sodium 10mg/ml, citric acid, D&C Red No.33, methylparaben, poloxamer, polyethylene glycol, propylene glycol, propylparaben, sodium citrate, vanillin, purified water |
Hydrogen peroxide | 3% solution |
Molcer® (Wallace Manufacturing Chemists Ltd) | docusate sodium 5% |
Sodium bicarbonate | sodium bicarbonate, glycerin 30 ml, purified water to 100 ml |
Waxsol® (Norgine Ltd) | docusate sodium 0.5%, water-miscible base, mixed parabens in 2-phenoxyethanol 0.6% |
Xerumenex® (formerly HR Napp Ltd) (no longer marketed in UK) | 10% triethanolamine polypeptide oleate-condensate, propylene glycol, 0.5% chlorbutol, water |
Oil-based |
Almond oil | |
Cerumol® (LAB) | arachis oil 57.3%, chlorbutol 5%, para-dichlorobenzene 2%, oil of turpentine 10%, 3-methoxybutyl acetate (butoxyl) 10%, ortho-dichlorobenzene 14.5%, (benzocaine until 1971) |
Dioctyl-medo® (Schwarz Pharma Ltd) (marketed as a laxative) | 5% dioctyl sodium sulphosuccinate, maize (corn) oil |
Earex® (SSL International plc) (same as Otocerol®) | arachis oil, almond oil, rectified camphor oil |
Olive oil | |
Non-water-, non-oil based |
Audax® (SSL International plc) (same as Earex Plus® [SSL International plc]) | 50% choline salicylate, glycerol (glycerin), ethyleneoxide-polyoxypropylene glycol, propylene glycol, 0.5% chlorbutol, water |
Exterol® (Dermal Laboratories Ltd) (same as Otex®[DDD Ltd]) | 5% urea-hydrogen peroxide (carbamide peroxide), anhydrous glycerol, water-miscible base |