Recocam 20 mg/ml Solution for Injection for Cattle, Pigs and Horses

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: VMD (Veterinary Medicines Directorate)

Active ingredient:

Meloxicam

Available from:

Bimeda Animal Health Limited

ATC code:

QM01AC06

INN (International Name):

Meloxicam

Pharmaceutical form:

Solution for injection

Prescription type:

POM-V - Prescription Only Medicine – Veterinarian

Therapeutic group:

Cattle, Horses, Pigs

Therapeutic area:

Anti Inflammatory NSAID

Authorization status:

Authorized

Authorization date:

2011-09-13

Summary of Product characteristics

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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1.
NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Recocam 20 mg/ml solution for injection for cattle, pigs and horses
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
One ml contains:
ACTIVE SUBSTANCE:
Meloxicam
20 mg
EXCIPIENT:
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, pigs and horses.
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 adjunctive therapy in the treatment of acute mastitis, in
combination with antibiotic
therapy.
Pigs
For use in non-infectious locomotor disorders to reduce the symptoms
of lameness and
inflammation.
For adjunctive therapy in the treatment of puerperal septicaemia and
toxaemia (mastitis-
metritis-agalactia syndrome) with appropriate antibiotic therapy.
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Horses
For use in the alleviation of inflammation and relief of pain in both
acute and chronic
musculo-skeletal disorders.
For the relief of pain associated with equine colic.
4.3
CONTRAINDICATIONS
See also section 4.7.
Do not use in horses less than 6 weeks of age.
Do not use in animals suffering from impaired hepatic, cardiac or
renal function and
haemorrhagic disorders, or where there is evidence of ulcerogenic
gastrointestinal
lesions.
Do not use in cases of hypersensitivity to the active substance or to
any of the
excipient(s).
For the treatment of diarrhoea in cattle, do not use in animals of
less than one week of
age.
4.4
SPECIAL WARNINGS FOR EACH TARGET SPECIES
None.
4.5
SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS FOR USE
Special precautions for use in animals
If adverse reactions occur, treatment should be discontinue