Duotech Oral Suspension for Sheep

Country: Ireland

Language: English

Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)

Active ingredient:

Oxfendazole; Closantel sodium dihydrate

Available from:

Norbrook Laboratories (Ireland) Limited

ATC code:

QP52AC30

INN (International Name):

Oxfendazole; Closantel sodium dihydrate

Dosage:

25, 50 milligram(s)/millilitre

Pharmaceutical form:

Oral suspension

Prescription type:

POM: Prescription Only Medicine as defined in relevant national legislation

Therapeutic area:

combinations of benzimidazoles and related substances

Authorization status:

Authorised

Authorization date:

2001-05-04

Summary of Product characteristics

Health Products Regulatory Authority
21 December 2018
CRN008SZ5
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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1 NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Duotech Oral Suspension for Sheep
2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
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Active substances:
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Oxfendazole 25 mg/ml
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Closantel (as Closantel Sodium Dihydrate)
​50 mg/ml
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For a full list of excipients, see Section 6.1.
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3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
An off white oral suspension.
4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1 TARGET SPECIES
Sheep.
4.2 INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES
For the treatment and control of mature and developing immature
gastrointestinal
roundworms, lungworms, tapeworms and fluke over 6 weeks in sheep and
lambs. It is
ovicidal against nematode eggs and delays egg laying in trematodes
(fluke).
Oxfendazole is effective against all the economically important
gastrointestinal
roundworms of sheep including inhibited and arrested larvae of
_Ostertagia_ spp, it is
effective against benzimidazole susceptible _Haemonchus_ spp and
_Ostertagia_ spp.
Closantel is effective against mature and immature fluke over 6 weeks
(_Fasciola _
_hepatica_), haematophagous nematodes (_Haemonchus contortus_
including
benzimidazole resistant strains, _Chabertia ovina_ and _Gaigeric
pachyscelis_) and larval
stages of some arthropods including _oestrus ovis_ (sheep nasal bot
fly larvae).
In known fluke areas, parasitic infestations will generally be mixed
involving
nematodes, trematodes and occasionally cestodes. Treatment with the
oxfendazole/closantel combination will be of particular benefit in
reducing parasite
burden in such areas.
Duotech is recommended for the treatment and control of the following:
Gastrointestinal roundworms: _Ostertagia_ spp, _Trichostrongylus
axei_, _Nematodirus_
(including _N_. _battus_), _Cooperia_ spp, intestinal
_Trichostrongylus, Oesophagostomum_
spp, _Chabertia_ spp, _Haemonchus_ spp, inhibited, immature and adult
stages of _H. _
_contortus_ (Barber Pole Worm) including benzimidazole resistant
strains.
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