Emdocam 5 mg/ml Solution for Injection for Cattle and Pigs

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: VMD (Veterinary Medicines Directorate)

Active ingredient:

Meloxicam

Available from:

Emdoka bvba

ATC code:

QM01AC06

INN (International Name):

Meloxicam

Pharmaceutical form:

Solution for injection

Prescription type:

POM-V - Prescription Only Medicine – Veterinarian

Therapeutic group:

Cattle, Pigs

Therapeutic area:

Anti Inflammatory NSAID

Authorization status:

Authorized

Authorization date:

2022-02-08

Summary of Product characteristics

Issued: June 2021
AN: 01449/2019
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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1.
NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Emdocam 5 mg/ml solution for injection for cattle and pigs
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each ml contains:
ACTIVE SUBSTANCE:
Meloxicam 5 mg
EXCIPIENTS:
Ethanol 150 mg
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3.
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Solution for injection.
Clear yellow solution.
4.
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
TARGET SPECIES
Cattle (calves and young cattle) and pigs
4.2 INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES
CATTLE:
For use in acute respiratory infection with appropriate antibiotic
therapy to reduce
clinical signs in cattle.
For use in diarrhoea in combination with oral re-hydration therapy to
reduce clinical
signs in calves of over one week of age and young, non-lactating
cattle.
For the relief of post-operative pain following dehorning in calves.
PIGS:
For use in non-infectious locomotor disorders to reduce the symptoms
of lameness
and inflammation. For the relief of post-operative pain associated
with minor soft tissue
surgery such as castration.
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AN: 01449/2019
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4.3
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Do not use in cases of hypersensitivity to the active substance or to
any of the
excipients.
CATTLE:
Do not use in cattle suffering from impaired hepatic, cardiac or renal
function and
haemorrhagic disorders, or where there is evidence of ulcerogenic
gastrointestinal
lesions.
For the treatment of diarrhoea in cattle, do not use in animals of
less than one week of
age.
PIGS:
Do not use in pigs suffering from impaired hepatic, cardiac or renal
function and
haemorrhagic disorders, or where there is evidence of ulcerogenic
gastrointestinal
lesions.
Do not use in pigs less than 2 days old.
4.4
SPECIAL WARNINGS FOR EACH TARGET SPECIES
CATTLE:
Treatment of calves with Emdocam 20 minutes before dehorning reduces
post-
operative pain.
Emdocam alone will not provide adequate pain relief during the
dehorning procedure.
To
obtain
pain
relief
during
surgery
co-medi