TRICAINE PHARMAQ 1000 MG/G POWDER FOR SOLUTION FOR
Country: Ireland
Language: English
Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)
Summary of Product characteristics
(SPC)
22-07-2016
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Active ingredient:
TRICAINE METHANE SULFONATE
Available from:
Pharmaq Ltd
ATC code:
QN01AX93
INN (International Name):
TRICAINE METHANE SULFONATE
Dosage:
1000 mg/g
Prescription type:
POM
Therapeutic group:
Fish
Therapeutic area:
Tricaine mesilate
Therapeutic indications:
Neurological Preparations
Authorization status:
Authorised
Authorization date:
2013-03-08
Summary of Product characteristics
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:
Qualitative composition
Quantitative composition
Tricaine Methane Sulphonate
1000 mg/g
For a 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
The product should not be used in the following tropical fish species:
_Apistogramma (Mikrogeophagus) ramirez, Balantiocheilos melanopterus, Etroplus suratensis, Melanotaenia_
_maccullochi, Monodactylus argenteus, Phenacogrammus interruptus _and _Scatophagus argus._
4.4 SPECIAL WARNINGS FOR EACH TARGET SPECIES
None.
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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.
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