BIG CAT WORMER FILM-COATED TABLETS

Country: Ireland

Language: English

Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)

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Active ingredient:

PRAZIQUANTEL, PYRANTEL EMBONATE

Available from:

Bayer Limited

ATC code:

QP52AA51

INN (International Name):

PRAZIQUANTEL, PYRANTEL EMBONATE

Dosage:

30/345

Pharmaceutical form:

Tablets

Prescription type:

CAM-Companion Animal Medicine

Therapeutic group:

Feline

Therapeutic area:

Praziquantel, combinations

Therapeutic indications:

Endoparasiticide

Authorization status:

Authorised

Authorization date:

2009-03-20

Summary of Product characteristics

                                SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1 NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Big Cat Wormer Film-Coated Tablets
2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1
3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Film-coated tablet.
White to yellowish, round, biconvex tablet, unscored.
4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1 TARGET SPECIES
Cats.
4.2 INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES
For the treatment of gastrointestinal roundworms and tapeworms:
_Toxocara cati, Toxascaris leonina, Dipylidium caninum,_
_Taenia taenaeformis._
4.3 CONTRAINDICATIONS
Do not use simultaneously with piperazine compounds.
Not intended for use in kittens less than 6 weeks of age.
Do not use during pregnancy.
4.4 SPECIAL WARNINGS FOR EACH TARGET SPECIES
Fleas serve as intermediate hosts for one common type of tapeworm –_
Dipylidium caninum._
Tapeworm infestation is
certain to re-occur unless control of intermediate hosts such as
fleas, mice etc. is undertaken.
As a precautionary measure to prevent the establishment of_ E.
multilocularis_ in the UK or Ireland, it is recommended that
all cats entering the country be treated with praziquantel.
Each tablet contains:
ACTIVE SUBSTANCES
Pyrantel embonate
345
mg
Praziquantel
30
mg
EXCIPIENTS
Titanium dioxide E171 (colouring agent)
2.60 mg
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4.5 SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS
                                
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