FLUMAV FLUNIXIN INJECTION
Country: Australia
Language: English
Source: APVMA (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority)
Patient Information leaflet
(PIL)
19-06-2017
Summary of Product characteristics
(SPC)
19-06-2017
Active ingredient:
FLUNIXIN AS FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE
Available from:
MAVLAB PTY. LTD.
INN (International Name):
flunixin as meglumine(50mg/mL)
Pharmaceutical form:
PARENTERAL LIQUID/SOLUTION/SUSPENSION
Composition:
FLUNIXIN AS FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE BENZENE Active 50.0 mg/ml
Units in package:
100mL; 50mL
Class:
VM - Veterinary Medicine
Therapeutic group:
COW | DOG | HORSE | PIGS | BITCH | BOAR | BOVINE | CASTRATE | COLT | DONKEY | ENDURANCE HORSE | FEMALE CATTLE | FILLY | FOAL | G
Therapeutic area:
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
Therapeutic indications:
AGALACTIA | ANALGESIC | ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENT | ANTIPYRETIC | ARTHRITIS | CANINE PARVOVIRUS | DISC PROBLEMS | DOWNER COW SYNDROME | INFECTIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT | MASTITIS | METRITIS | MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS | ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS | ANTIPYRETIC | ARTHRITIS | ARTHROSIS | BONE SORENESS | BRONCHISEPTICA | BRONCHITIS | BRUISING | BURSITIS | COLIC | DISC PAIN | EXTERNAL MYOPATHY | INFLAMATION OF SOFT TISSUES AN | INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC ARTHRIT | JOINT DISEASE | LIGAMENT SPRAINS | MASTITIS-METRITIS-AGALACTIA | MUSCLE RELAXANT | MUSCLE SORENESS | OSTEITIS | OSTEOARTHRITIS | PARVOVIRUS | PHARYNGITIS | PLATELET ACTIVITY | PNEUMONIA | RHEUMATISM | SEDATIVE | SPASMOLYTIC | SPRAINS | STRAINS | SUBCLINICAL MASTITIS | TENDON AND LIGAMENT SPRAINS | TENDON SPRAINS | TENDONITIS | TENOSYNOVITIS | TONSILLITIS | TRAUMATIC JOINT AND CONNECTIVE | TRAUMATIC SWELLING | VERTEBRAE PAIN | VERTEBRAE PROBLEMS
Product summary:
Poison schedule: 4; Withholding period: WHP: (Cattle & Pigs): DO NOT USE le ss than 7 days before slaughter for hum an consumption. MEAT: (Horses): DO NOT USE less than 28 days before slaughter for human consumption. MILK: Milk col lected from cows within 36 hours follow ing treatment MUST NOT BE USED for huma n consumption or processing or fed to b obby calves.; Host/pest details: COW: [ANALGESIC, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENT, ANTIPYRETIC, DOWNER COW SYNDROME, INFECTIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT]; DOG: [ANALGESIC, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENT, ANTIPYRETIC, ARTHRITIS, CANINE PARVOVIRUS, DISC PROBLEMS]; HORSE: [ANALGESIC, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENT, ANTIPYRETIC, MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS]; PIGS: [AGALACTIA, ANALGESIC, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENT, ANTIPYRETIC, MASTITIS, METRITIS]; Poison schedule: 4; Withholding period: ; Host/pest details: COW: [ANALGESIC, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENT, ANTIPYRETIC, DOWNER COW SYNDROME, INFECTIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT]; DOG: [ANALGESIC, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENT, ANTIPYRETIC, ARTHRITIS, CANINE PARVOVIRUS, DISC PROBLEMS]; HORSE: [ANALGESIC, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENT, ANTIPYRETIC, MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS]; PIGS: [AGALACTIA, ANALGESIC, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENT, ANTIPYRETIC, MASTITIS, METRITIS]; A non-narcotic, non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory agent with analgesic and anti-pyretic activity.Contraindicated for use in cats. The safe use of Flumav in pregnant, lactating or breeding dogs has not been established. In the absence of any specific studies in pregnant target animals such use is contraindicated.
Authorization status:
Registered
Authorization date:
2023-07-01
Patient Information leaflet
DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION
EQUINE: Musculoskeletal disorders: 1.1 mg
per kg (1mL/45kg bodyweight) once daily by
I.V.(intravenous) or I.M. (intramuscular)
injection for up to 5 days. Alleviation of pain
associated with colic: 1.1 mg per kg
bodyweight. I.V. administration
recommended for prompt relief. May be
repeated when signs of colic occur. Cause of
colic should be determined and treated with
concomitant therapy.
BOVINE: Infectious respiratory conditions,
"downer cow" syndrome: 2.2 mg/kg I.V.
(2mL/45kg bodyweight).
Once daily
dosage for 1-3 days. Concomitant anti-
infective therapy required in the presence of
bacterial infections. Oxytetracycline and
tylosin are compatible with flunixin.
SEPARATE injections must be given.
Footrot and musculoskeletal indications,
visceral pain (colic): 1.1 mg/kg I.M. or I.V.
SWINE: MMA syndrome: 2.2 mg/kg (2 mL/45
kg)
Text above is under Peel Back section of label
by deep I.M. injection (5 cm). One or two
injections 12 hours apart.
CANINE: 1.1 mg per kg bodyweight I.V.
(0.2mL/9kg bodyweight)
once daily for 2-3
days. Dose rate should not be exceeded.
WITHHOLDING PERIODS
MEAT (CATTLE PIGS): DO NOT USE LESS
THAN 7 DAYS BEFORE SLAUGHTER FOR HUMAN
CONSUMPTION.
MEAT (HORSES): DO
NOT USE LESS THAN
28 DAYS BEFORE SLAUGHTER FOR HUMAN
CONSUMPTION.
MILK:
MILK COLLECTED FROM COWS WITHIN 36
HOURS (3 MILKINGS) FOLLOWING TREATMENT
MUST NOT BE USED FOR HUMAN
CONSUMPTION OR PROCESSING. THIS MILK
SHOULD NOT BE FED TO BOBBY CALVES.
TRADE ADVICE:
EXPORT SLAUGHTER INTERVAL: This
product does not have an ESI established.
For advice on the ESI, contact the
manufacturer on (07) 3808 1399 before using
this product.
PRESCRIPTION ANIMAL REMEDY
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN
FOR ANIMAL TREATMENT ONLY
FLUMAV
Flunixin Injection
ACTIVE CONSTITUENT:
FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE equivalent to
50 mg/mL FLUNIXIN
A non-narcotic, non-steroidal, anti-
inflammatory agent with analgesic and anti-
pyretic activity
50 mL [100mL]
Mavlab Pty Ltd
We Do Care
31 - 33 Rowland Street, Slacks
Creek,QLD,4127
www.mavlab.com.au
FIRST AID: If
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Summary of Product characteristics
MAVLAB PTY LTD
Date of Issue:
October 2008
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
FLUMAV
Page 1 of 4
MSDS version:
3
Date of Revision:
October 2008
Update of section:
All sections
SECTION 1 IDENTIFICATION OF THE MATERIAL AND SUPPLIER
Product (material) name:
Flumav Flunixin Injection
Other names:
Manufacturer’s code: P5710
Recommended use:
A non-narcotic, non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory agent with analgesic
and anti-
pyretic activity
Supplier Details:
Mavlab Pty Ltd ACN 068 507 148
33 Rowland Street
SLACKS CREEK QLD 4127
Contact Person:
Dr Paul Ross
Emergency Telephone:
(07) 3808 1399
Facsimile:
(07) 3808 4328
SECTION 2 HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION
This product is not dangerous goods under the Australian Dangerous
Goods (ADG) Code but is classified as
hazardous
according
to
the
classification
criteria
of
NOHSC:1008(2004),
Approved
Criteria
For
Classifying
Hazardous Substances and the National Code of Practice for the
Preparation of Material Safety Data Sheets 2
nd
Edition [NOHSC:2011(2003)]
Health Effects
Although this material could be classified as dangerous goods on the
basis of its toxicity, the pack sizes in which it is
supplied are below the minimum size for such a classification under
the ADG Code.
Risk Phrases:
R25
Toxic if swallowed
R23
Toxic by inhalation
SECTION 3 COMPOSITION/INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS
Ingredients
Cas No.
Proportion
Flunixin Meglumine
6284-40-8
5%
Proprietary, non-hazardous ingredients
To 100%
SECTION 4 FIRST AID MEASURES
The following First Aid directions have been set by the Office of
Chemical Safety (OCS) of the Commonwealth
Department of Health and Aging:
If poisoning occurs, contact a doctor or Poisons Information Centre.
Telephone 131126. (
_FAISD Handbook, _
_Handbook of First Aid Instructions, Safety Directions, Warning
Statements, and General Safety Precautions for, _
_Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals) _
However, the following additional information is provided to assist in
emergencies while implementing the First Aid
directions above:
Swallowed:
Give copious amounts of water.
Eye:
Flus
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