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Would the use of triple antibiotic ointment on a draining abscess cause enough neomycin to be absorbed into the blood to damage the cochlea/hearing?
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No, I don't: believe so. Switch to double antibiotic ointment without the neomycin if you are worried.
Answered 5/18/2016
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