TY - JOUR T1 - Ear wax solvents compared JF - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin JO - Drug Ther Bull SP - 15 LP - 16 DO - 10.1136/dtb.9.4.15 VL - 9 IS - 4 A2 - , Y1 - 1971/02/12 UR - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/9/4/15.abstract N2 - In 1968 we reviewed some new preparations intended to facilitate the removal of ear wax, and concluded that local application of a vegetable oil for a few days before syringing was probably as effective as anything else. Xerumenex then seemed the preparation most likely to be effective after a single application, but good controlled studies were lacking.1 ER -