FLUBENOL 5% W/W ORAL POWDER FOR PIGS

Country: Ireland

Language: English

Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)

Active ingredient:

FLUBENDAZOLE

Available from:

Janssen Cilag Ltd.

ATC code:

QP52AC12

Dosage:

5 %w/w

Pharmaceutical form:

Oral Powder

Therapeutic group:

Endoparasiticide

Therapeutic area:

Porcine

Authorization date:

2008-01-11

Summary of Product characteristics

SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1 NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Flubenol 5% w/w Oral Powder for Pigs
2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Oral Powder
White powder
4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1 TARGET SPECIES
Pigs
4.2 INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES
Flubendazole is a broad spectrum anthelmintic, effective against mature and immature stages of the following
nematodes of the gastro-intestinal tract:
_Ascaris suum_, (large roundworm) including migrating larvae, _Hyostrongylus rubidus, _(red stomach worm),
_Oesophagostomum dentatum _(nodular worm), _Trichuris suis _(whipworm), _Strongyloides ransomi _(threadworm) (adult).
Flubendazole is ovicidal.
4.3 CONTRAINDICATIONS
Do not use in case of hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients.
4.4 SPECIAL WARNINGS FOR EACH TARGET SPECIES
Care should be taken to avoid the following practices because they increase the risk of development of resistance and
could ultimately result in ineffective therapy:
•
Too frequent and repeated use of anthelmintics from the same class, over an extended period of time.
•
Underdosing, which may be due to underestimation of body weight, misadministration of the product, or lack of
calibration of the dosing device (if any).
Suspected clinical cases of resistance to anthelmintics should be further investigated using appropriate tests (e.g. Faecal
Egg Count Reduction Test). Where the results of the test(s) strongly suggest resistance to a particular anthelmintic, an
anthelmintic belonging to another pharmacological class and having a different mode of action should be used.
ACTIVE INGREDIENT(S)
MG/G
Flubendazole
50
EXCIPIENTS
Titanium dioxide (E171)
20
For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1
IRISH MEDICINES BOARD
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