Pseudomonas ear infection

[aunt juju]

My 15 year old son has been treated with antibotics for a month now, for an ear infection.  first amox. then bactrium, and final a culture was done on the drainage.  He has pseudomonas in his ear and was getting the wrong treatment.  He is now on cipro orally and tobramycin ear drops.  Has anyone ever had this before and will the treatment work, will it go away or not and how long before the antibotics kicks in.  His ear is really hurting him

[Beekah]

I hope his ear is better! I am 26 and have the same infection. I have had it for a month and half or two now. I started out with amox, then something else, and finally cipro. I have also had three rounds of ear drops, even had to have a wick put in my ear just to get the drops to the ear. This has been the most painfull ear infection I have ever had! I had to be given pain meds, too just so I could sleep. I fianlly went to a specialist who told me my ears looked pretty good, but gave me one more round of drops just to make sure. It is now a week since I finished them and my pain is starting to come back already. I have read up on it a little bit, and typically it is not this difficult to get rid of. The reiment they gave you should have worked. I am just one of the lucky ones who have to deal with it longer!