Equimax oral gel for horses

Country: Ireland

Language: English

Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)

Active ingredient:

Ivermectin; Praziquantel

Available from:

Virbac S.A.

ATC code:

QP54AA51

INN (International Name):

Ivermectin; Praziquantel

Dosage:

18.7, 140.3 milligram(s)/gram

Pharmaceutical form:

Oral gel

Prescription type:

POM: Prescription Only Medicine as defined in relevant national legislation

Therapeutic group:

Horses

Therapeutic area:

ivermectin, combinations

Therapeutic indications:

Endoparasiticide

Authorization status:

Authorised

Authorization date:

2013-01-18

Summary of Product characteristics

1.
NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Equimax oral gel for Horses
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each gram contains
ACTIVE SUBSTANCES:
Ivermectin
.....................................................................................
18.7 mg
Praziquantel
..................................................................................
140.3 mg
EXCIPIENTS:
QUALITATIVE COMPOSITION OF EXCIPIENTS AND
OTHER CONSTITUENTS_ _
QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION IF THAT
INFORMATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR PROPER
ADMINISTRATION OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL
PRODUC
t
Hydrogenated castor oil
Hydroxypropylcellulose
Titanium dioxide (E171)
20 mg
Propylene glycol
731 mg
Almost white to creamy, thick, unctuous and smooth paste.
3.
CLINICAL INFORMATION
3.1
TARGET SPECIES
Horses.
3.2
INDICATIONS FOR USE FOR EACH 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)
_ _
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 consid