title: Clinical evaluation of unani ear drops herbotic for earache.
abstract: An ear infection (acute otitis media) is most often a bacterial or viral infection that affects the middle ear. Children as compared to adults are more are prone to infections. A study has been conducted on 200 patients with herbal medicine Herbotic and allopathic drug Ofloxacin for the treatment of otitis media. The efficacy of test and control drug was monitored before and after treatment and diagnosed on clinical history, clinical presentation and pathological investigation. This study was a case control, multicenter, prospective randomized authentic allopathic controlled, two arm parallel group clinical trial The data on clinical proforma was gathered between April 2014-March 2015 and subjected to statistical analysis. From the statistical results it was concluded that Herbotic and Ofloxacin are equally effective for the treatment of earache, effect being confirmed by physicians and patients alike.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Eastern Medicine, Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Akhtar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Eastern Medicine, Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Ejaz
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mohiuddin
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Eastern Medicine, Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.lastname: Shahabuddin
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Eastern Medicine, Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Abdul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hannan
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Eastern Medicine, Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Syed Muhammad Ali
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Eastern Medicine, Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Khan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Usmanghani