Country: Ireland
Language: English
Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)
FLUBENDAZOLE
Elanco Animal Health, Eli Lilly and Company Limited
QP52AC12
FLUBENDAZOLE
100 mg/g
Oral Emulsion
POM
Fowl - Chicken, Porcine
Flubendazole
Endoparasiticide
Authorised
2012-09-14
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1 NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT Solubenol 100 mg/g oral emulsion for pigs and chickens. 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Oral emulsion. White homogeneous viscous fluid. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 TARGET SPECIES Pigs (piglets, pigs for fattening and pregnant sows) and chickens (layer hens, chickens for reproduction and pullets). 4.2 INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES In chickens: Treatment of helminthiasis caused by: - _Ascaridia galli _(mature stages) - _Heterakis gallinarum _(mature stages) - _Capillaria spp.(mature _stages) In pigs: Treatment of infection by mature stages and intestinal larval stages of _Ascaris suum _in piglets, pigs for fattening and pregnant sows. 4.3 CONTRAINDICATIONS Do not use in the case of hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients. Each gram contains: ACTIVE SUBSTANCE Flubendazole 100.0 mg EXCIPIENTS Propyl parahydroxybenzoate (E216) 4.0 mg Methyl parahydroxybenzoate (E218) 4.0 mg Butylhydroxytoluene (E321) 0.2 mg Propylene glycol (E1520) 50.0 mg For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1. HEALTH PRODUCTS REGULATORY AUTHORITY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _Date Printed 09/06/2015_ _CRN 7020666_ _page number: 1_ 4.4 SPECIAL WARNINGS FOR EACH TARGET SPECIES In chickens, optimal results can only be achieved if strict rules of hygiene are respected in the maintenance of the cages. In both 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 Read the complete document