LACTATRIM MC LACTATING COW INTRAMAMMARY SUSPENSION

Country: Ireland

Language: English

Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)

Active ingredient:

TRIMETHOPRIM, SULFADIAZINE

Available from:

Norbrook Laboratories Limited

ATC code:

QJ51E

INN (International Name):

TRIMETHOPRIM, SULFADIAZINE

Dosage:

40/200 mg/syringe

Pharmaceutical form:

intramammary Suspension

Prescription type:

POM

Therapeutic group:

Bovine

Therapeutic area:

SULFONAMIDES AND TRIMETHOPRIM FOR INTRAMAMMARY USE

Therapeutic indications:

Antibacterial

Authorization status:

Authorised

Authorization date:

1996-10-18

Summary of Product characteristics

SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1 NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Lactatrim MC Lactating Cow Intramammary Suspension.
2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
EACH 8 G SYRINGE CONTAINS:
Active substances
Trimethoprim 40 mg
Sulphadiazine 200 mg
For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1
3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Intramammary suspension.
A white to off-white suspension.
4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1 TARGET SPECIES
Cattle (Lactating)
4.2 INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES
The veterinary medicinal product is an intramammary suspension for the broad spectrum treatment of clinical mastitis in lactating
cattle caused by organisms sensitive to the Trimethoprim/Sulphadiazine combination.
Clinically, the veterinary medicinal product has been shown to be effective in the routine treatment of mastitis in lactating cows.
The veterinary medicinal product exerts a bactericidal activity at concentrations attained in the udder.
_In vitro _the veterinary medicinal product is effective against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria including _Streptococcus_
_agalactiae_,
_Streptococcus_
_dysgalactiae_,
_Streptococcus_
_uberis_
and
other
streptococcal
species,
staphylococcal
spp.,
_Corynebacterium pyogenes_, _Eschericha coli_, and other gram-negative bacteria.
4.3 CONTRAINDICATIONS
Do not use in cattle with known sulphonamide sensitivity, with hepatic damage or with blood dyscrasias.
4.4 SPECIAL WARNINGS FOR EACH TARGET SPECIES
None.
IRISH MEDICINES BOARD
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4.5 SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS FOR USE
SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS FOR USE IN ANIMALS
Only for lactating cows, do not administer in dry periods.
Whenever possible, the veterinary medicinal product should only be use