A nurse is reviewing medications for a client with a perforated eardrum. Which medication should be avoided?

Ciprofloxacin

Cortisporin

Ofloxacin

Amoxicillin

Amoxicillin is a systemic oral antibiotic. While it is used to treat otitis media, it is not a topical otic drop. Systemic medications do not pose the same risk of direct contact ototoxicity that topical drops do when the protective barrier of the TM is missing