Tricaine Pharmaq 1000 mg/g Powder for Solution for Fish Treatment

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: VMD (Veterinary Medicines Directorate)

Active ingredient:

Tricaine methanesulfonate

Available from:

Pharmaq Ltd

ATC code:

QN01AX93

INN (International Name):

Tricaine methanesulfonate

Pharmaceutical form:

Powder for solution for fish treatment

Prescription type:

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

Therapeutic group:

Fish

Therapeutic area:

Neurological Agent general anaesthetic

Authorization status:

Authorized

Authorization date:

2013-02-07

Summary of Product characteristics

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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1.
NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Tricaine Pharmaq 1000 mg/g Powder for Solution for Fish Treatment
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
ACTIVE SUBSTANCE:
Tricaine methanesulfonate 1000 mg/g
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3.
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Powder for solution for fish treatment.
White to off-white powder.
4.
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
TARGET SPECIES
1)
Ornamental fish, or their development stages, and
2)
Breeding and juvenile stages of fish.
4.2
INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES
For use in an immersion bath for sedation, immobilisation and
anaesthesia of fish for:
vaccination, transportation, weighing, tagging, clipping, stripping of
breed stock,
blood-sampling and surgical procedures.
4.3
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Do not use in the following tropical fish species:
_Apistogramma (Mikrogeophagus) ramirez, Balantiocheilos melanopterus,
Etroplus _
_suratensis, Melanotaenia maccullochi, Monodactylus argenteus,
Phenacogrammus _
_interruptus _and _Scatophagus argus_
Do not use in cases of known hypersensitivity to the active substance.
4.4
SPECIAL WARNINGS FOR EACH TARGET SPECIES
None.
4.5
SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS FOR USE
Special precautions for use in animals
Do not exceed the dose recommended for each category of fish.
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Brood stock anaesthetised for stripping should be immersed in
unmedicated water
immediately before collection of eggs or milt to avoid significant
direct contact of
either with the product.
As solutions of the veterinary medicinal product are slightly acidic,
the use of
phosphate or imidazol buffer has been proposed to reduce stress.
Special precautions to be taken by the person administering the
veterinary medicinal
product to animals
In case of accidental ingestion, seek medical advice immediately and
show the
package leaflet or the label to the physician.
People with known hypersensitivity to Tricaine mesilate (Tricaine
methanesulfonate