 [ Symptoms ] i have an ear infection and am having trouble keeping the drops in my ear they drip out when i sit up i am using ciprodex ear drops as well as antibiotics when i put the drops in my right ear i can not seem to get them in i can sometimes get 1 drop in out of 4 i lay on my side for about 15 mins but when i sit up i can feel them slowly drip out i also tried the drops in my uninfected ear no problem going in is this because of the infection what can i do [ Disease ] there can be several reasons since i can not examine your ear or even know the underlying reason you are using the ciprodex there are several different types of ear infections it is difficult for me to blindly determine a reason one reason could be ear canal swelling in otitis externa the ear canal can nearly swell shut some clinicians will insert a wick in the ear canal to allow those drops to penetrate other reason is a wax impaction or a canal filled with pus or other debris many clinicians will not attempt to clean out the ear when it is painful so if you have a blockage of debris those drops will not go in i would suggest that you consult the clinician currently treating you since they examined you last