Eqvalan Duo, Oral Paste

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: VMD (Veterinary Medicines Directorate)

Active ingredient:

Ivermectin, Praziquantel

Available from:

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health UK Ltd

ATC code:

QP54AA51

INN (International Name):

Ivermectin, Praziquantel

Pharmaceutical form:

Oral paste

Prescription type:

POM-VPS -Prescription Only Medicine – Veterinarian, Pharmacist, Suitably Qualified Person

Therapeutic group:

Horses

Therapeutic area:

Endectocide

Authorization status:

Authorized

Authorization date:

2003-09-05

Summary of Product characteristics

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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1.
NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
EQVALAN
DUO, oral paste
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each syringe contains 7.74 g of paste and delivers:
ACTIVE SUBSTANCES:
Ivermectin
0.120 g (15.5 mg/g)
Praziquantel
0.600 g (77.5 mg/g)
Excipients:
Butylhydroxyanisole (E320):
0.002 g
Sunset Yellow (E110):
0.003 g
Titanium dioxide (E171):
0.155 g
For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3.
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Oral paste.
Smooth, homogeneous orange paste.
4.
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
TARGET SPECIES
Horses
4.2
INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES
For the treatment of mixed cestode and nematode or arthropod
infestations in
horses. The following parasites of horses are sensitive to the
antiparasitic
effects of EQVALAN DUO, oral paste:
ADULT TAPEWORMS:
_Anoplocephala perfoliata_
_Anoplocephala magna_
LARGE STRONGYLES:
_Strongylus vulgaris _(adults and arterial larval stages)
_Strongylus edentatus_ (adults and tissue larval stages)
_Strongylus equinus _(adults)
_Triodontophorus _spp_ _(adults)
_Triodontophorus brevicauda_
_Triodontophorus serratus_
_Craterostomum acuticaudatum_ (adults)
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ADULT AND IMMATURE (INTRALUMINAL FOURTH-STAGE LARVAE) OF SMALL
STRONGYLES
OR CYATHOSTOMES, INCLUDING BENZIMIDAZOLE-RESISTANT STRAINS:
_Coronocyclus_ spp
_Coronocyclus coronatus_
_Coronocyclus labiatus_
_Coronocyclus labratus_
_Cyathostomum_ spp
_Cyathostomum catinatum_
_Cyathostomum pateratum_
_Cylicocyclus_ spp
_Cylicocyclus ashworthi_
_Cylicocyclus elongatus_
_Cylicocyclus insigne_
_Cylicocyclus leptostomum_
_Cylicocyclus nassatus_
_Cylicodontophorus _spp
_Cylicodontophorus bicornatus_
_Cylicostephanus _spp
_Cylicostephanus calicatus_
_Cylicostephanus goldi_
_Cylicostephanus longibursatus_
_Cylicostephanus minutus_
_Parapoteriostomum _spp
_Parapoteriostomum mettami_
_Petrovinema_ spp
_Petrovinema poculatum_
_Poteriostomum_ spp
ADULT HAIRWORMS: _Trichostrongylus axei_
ADULT