Aloquantel Ivermectin and Praziquantel Oral Gel for Horses

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: VMD (Veterinary Medicines Directorate)

Active ingredient:

Ivermectin, Praziquantel

Available from:

Virbac

ATC code:

QP54AA51

INN (International Name):

Ivermectin, Praziquantel

Pharmaceutical form:

Gel

Prescription type:

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

Therapeutic group:

Horses

Therapeutic area:

Endectocide

Authorization status:

Authorized

Authorization date:

2005-04-20

Summary of Product characteristics

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AN: 01764/2019
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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1.
NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Aloquantel Ivermectin and Praziquantel Oral Gel for Horses
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each gram contains:
ACTIVE SUBSTANCES
Ivermectin .........................................................
18.7
mg
Praziquantel ......................................................
140.3
mg
EXCIPIENTS
Titanium dioxide (E171)....................................
20
mg
Propylene glycol ...............................................
731
mg
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1
3.
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Oral gel.
Almost white to cream, thick gel
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,
due to adult and immature roundworms, lungworms, bots and tapeworms in
horses.

NEMATODES
Large strongyle:
_Strongylus vulgaris _(adult and arterial larvae)
_Strongylus edentatus _(adult and L4 tissue larval stages)
_Strongylus equinus _(adult)
_Triodontophorus _spp._ _(adult).
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Small strongyle:
Cyathostomum_: Cylicocyclus _spp._, Cylicostephanus _spp.,_ _
_Cylicodontophorus _spp.,_ Gyalocephalus _spp. (adult and
non-inhibited
mucosal larvae).
Parascaris: _Parascaris equorum _(adult and larvae)_._
Oxyuris: _Oxyuris equi _(larvae)_._
Trichostrongylus: _Trichostrongylus axei _(adult)_._
Strongyloides: _Strongyloides westeri _(adult).
Habronema: _Habronema _spp. (adult).
Onchocerca: _Onchocerca _spp_._ _microfilariae_ i.e. cutaneous
_onchocerciasis_.
Lungworm: _Dictyocaulus arnfieldi _(adult and larvae).

CESTODES (tapeworm): _Anoplocephala perfoliata, Anoplocephala _
_magna, Paranoplocephala mamillana._

DIPTERAN INSECTS:_ Gasterophilus _spp. (larvae).
As tapeworm infestation is unlikely to occur in horses before two
months of
age, treatment of foals below this age is not considered necessary.
4.3
CONTRAINDICATI