Dog Ear Yeast Infection

My dog, a golden retriever, has what appears to be a bad case of yeast infection in both ears (not the first time). I read that I should change the food, etc., but first I must clean the infection. I have been to the vet several times about this in the past, medications and paid dearly for that seems to work only for a short time. A colleague suggested the use of prescription drugs to treat vaginal yeast infections. Does anyone have experiense / comment / debate on this matter?

My husky developed a sort of rash on the ears too. They looked like scaly patches and red and would bleed a little if you scratched.
I say it was some kind of fungus to eat the skin.
I sprayed Tinactin (for athlete's foot) on the ears (on the affected area and not inside the ear canal).
I cured a single application. His ears are very healthy now.
My dog's ears are a little hairy on the inside and that helped keep the solution on the stains Tinactin.
What DaveSFV said on the previous answer is useful if you give your dog a kind of internal medication for humans, something the dog has to ingest, but in this case you use a cream or liquid that has the same ingredients as the drug dogs. You can go to the bank and compare the ingredients of both drugs. This is the same fungus that feed on human skin and animal.

I would like to thank you all for replies. I might add, however, that if you compare what is available for dogs and what is there for humans, you will see very surprising similarities. The only difference, in many cases, will be the dosage. Do not say is how to make money veterinarians! Flag

My schnauzer had one in his ears. The vet said she had too much fur in his ears, which caused the infection. She gave us special eardrops. (And the hair pulled out)

Why everyone insists on the use of drugs people for their animals.

I can understand if you have medication left by a previous illness and it is absolutely not the money for him and he is almost dead, but my god.

Please guys get drugs to feed your pets.

I cringe when I read these questions.

NEVER give human medication to an animal without first consulting a veterinarian! You can do much more harm than good.

Never give a medication if the human animal veterinarian tells you it's okay to do so.

NO .. it may be a different strain of yeast. If they are not working your vet needs to prescribe something else.

The over the counter med does not work longer than your vet med. If regime change is needed than what is the point of treating the symptoms not the cause? In addition, dogs can have different infections, it will only work if it is really the yeast.

I never heard that. We have a beagle who gets ear infections. To prevent it is cons allergy injections, and twice a week I clean her ears with a product that I get from our vet-aloclens ortica clean and it works great!

You can have her ears cleaned by the vet first to get to the root of the problem.

I doubt it would work. Yeast infections can be caused by a combination of different yeasts ARAY and if you do not know which ones you did not know who will deal drugs.

I would call and ask the vet before doing anything. It does not seem to be a good idea for me.

Do not use on your dog. You always have the medications your veterinarian prescribes. In my memory, these drugs are not very expensive as a matter of fact very similar to that of women on the drug cons.