Drontal Dog Tasty Bone 150/144/50 mg Tablets

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: VMD (Veterinary Medicines Directorate)

Active ingredient:

Febantel, Praziquantel, Pyrantel

Available from:

Bayer Animal Health GmbH

ATC code:

QP52AA51

INN (International Name):

Febantel, Praziquantel, Pyrantel

Pharmaceutical form:

Tablet

Prescription type:

NFA-VPS - Non-Food Animal – Veterinarian, Pharmacist, Suitably Qualified Person

Therapeutic group:

Dogs

Therapeutic area:

Anthelmintic anticestodal

Authorization status:

Authorized

Authorization date:

2014-10-21

Summary of Product characteristics

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AN: 00182/2020
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1.
NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Drontal Dog Tasty Bone 150/144/50 mg tablets [IE, UK]
Drontal Plus Tasty 150/144/50 mg Tabletten für Hunde [AT, DE]
Dronbits 150/144/50 mg tablets [FI, SE]
Drontaste 150/144/50 mg tablets [DK, IS, NO]
Drontal Chien HP Comprimé 150/50/50 mg [FR]
Drontal Multi Aroma Carne 150/144/50 mg compresse per cani fino a
10kgs [IT]
Drontal Dog Tasty 150/144/50 mg tablets [NL]
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each tablet contains:
ACTIVE SUBSTANCES
150 mg febantel
50 mg pyrantel equivalent to 144 mg pyrantel embonate
50 mg praziquantel
EXCIPIENTS
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3.
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Tablet
A light-brown to brown, meat flavoured, bone shaped tablet scored on
both sides that
can be divided into halves.
4.
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
TARGET SPECIES
Dogs
4.2
INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES
Treatment of mixed infections by nematodes and cestodes of the
following species:
Roundworms:
Ascarids (adult and late immature forms) : _Toxocara canis, Toxascaris
leonina_
Hookworms (adults):
_Uncinaria stenocephala, Ancylostoma_
_ caninum_
Whipworms (adults):
_Trichuris vulpis_
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Tapeworms (adult and immature forms):
_Echinococcus granulosus_
_Echinococcus multilocularis_
_Dipylidium caninum_
_Taenia spp._
4.3
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Do not use in cases of hypersensitivity to the active substances or to
any of the
excipients.
Do not use during the 1st and 2nd third of pregnancy (see section 4.7)
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.
4.5
SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS FOR USE
Special precautions for use in animals
Parasite resistance to any particular class of anthelmintic may
develop following
frequent, repeated use of an a