Drontal Dog Tasty Bone XL 525/504/175 mg Tablets

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: VMD (Veterinary Medicines Directorate)

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Active ingredient:

Febantel, Praziquantel, Pyrantel Embonate

Available from:

Bayer plc

ATC code:

QP52AA51

INN (International Name):

Febantel, Praziquantel, Pyrantel Embonate

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:

2017-10-03

Summary of Product characteristics

                                Revised: January 2018
AN: 01693/2017
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1.
NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Drontal Dog Tasty Bone XL 525/504/175 mg tablets [IE, UK]
Drontal Plus Tasty XL 525/504/175 mg tablets for dogs [AT, DE]
Dronbits 525 mg/504 mg/175 mg tablets [FI, SE]
Drontaste 525/504/175 mg tablets [DK, IS, NO]
Drontal Chien XL 525/175/175 mg [FR]
Drontal Multi Aroma Carne XL 525/504/175 mg compresse per cani [IT]
Drontal Large Dog Tasty 525/504/175 mg tablets [NL]
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each tablet contains:
ACTIVE SUBSTANCES
525 mg febantel
175 mg pyrantel equivalent to 504 mg pyrantel embonate
175 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 case of hypersensitivity to the active substances or to
any of the
excipients.
Do not use during the 1st and 2nd trimester 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, repeate
                                
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