Paramectin 0.5% w/v Pour-on Solution

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: VMD (Veterinary Medicines Directorate)

Active ingredient:

Ivermectin

Available from:

Norbrook Laboratories Limited

ATC code:

QP54AA01

INN (International Name):

Ivermectin

Pharmaceutical form:

Pour-on solution

Prescription type:

POM-VPS -Prescription Only Medicine – Veterinarian, Pharmacist, Suitably Qualified Person

Therapeutic group:

Cattle

Therapeutic area:

Endectocide

Authorization status:

Authorized

Authorization date:

2001-03-12

Summary of Product characteristics

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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1.
NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Paramectin 0.5% w/v Pour-On Solution
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
ACTIVE SUBSTANCE:
Ivermectin
0.5% w/v
EXCIPIENTS:
Patent Blue V (E131)
0.0005%w/v
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1
3.
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Pour-on solution.
A clear blue liquid.
4.
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
TARGET SPECIES
Beef and non-lactating dairy cattle
4.2
INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES
Paramectin Pour-On is indicated for the effective treatment and
control of the
following
gastrointestinal
roundworms,
lungworms,
eyeworms,
warbles,
chorioptic and sarcoptic mange and sucking and biting lice in beef and
non-
lactating dairy cattle.
GASTROINTESTINAL ROUNDWORMS (ADULTS AND FOURTH STAGE LARVAE):
_Ostertagia _
_ostertagi _
(including
inhibited
_O _
_ostertagi_),
_Haemonchus _
_placei, _
_Trichostrongylus _
_axei, _
_Trichostrongylus _
_colubriformis, _
_Cooperia _
spp,
_Oesophagostomum _
_radiatum, _
_Strongyloides _
_papillosus _
(adult)_, _
_Trichuris _
spp
(adult).
LUNGWORMS (ADULT AND FOURTH STAGE LARVAE):
_Dictyocaulus viviparus_.
EYEWORMS (ADULT):
_Thelazia _spp
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WARBLES (PARASITIC STAGES):
_Hypoderma bovis, Hypoderma lineatum_.
LICE:
_Linognathus vituli, Haematopinus eurysternus, Solenopotes capillatus,
Damalinia _
_bovis_.
MANGE MITES:
_Chorioptes bovis, Sarcoptes scabiei _var _bovis_.
Paramectin
Pour-On
given
at
the
recommended
dose
of
500
micrograms
ivermectin per kg bodyweight controls infections with
_Trichostrongylus axei_ and
_Cooperia_ spp acquired up to 14 days after treatment, _ Ostertagia
ostertagi_ and
_Oesophagostomum _
_radiatum_
acquired
up
to
21
days
after
treatment
and
_Dictyocaulus viviparis_ acquired up to 28 days after treatment.
It also controls horn flies (_Haematobia irritans_) for up to 35 days
after treatment.
4.3
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Do not treat cattle when their hair or hide is wet. Do not treat
cattl