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

Country: Ireland

Language: English

Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)

Active ingredient:

Tricaine methane sulfonate

Available from:

PHARMAQ AS

ATC code:

QN01AX93

INN (International Name):

Tricaine methane sulfonate

Dosage:

1000 milligram(s)/gram

Pharmaceutical form:

Powder for solution for fish treatment

Prescription type:

POM: Prescription Only Medicine as defined in relevant national legislation

Therapeutic area:

tricaine mesilate

Authorization status:

Authorised

Authorization date:

2013-03-08

Summary of Product characteristics

Health Products Regulatory Authority
29 March 2019
CRN008V95
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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.
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.
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29 March 2019
CRN008V95
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