Droncit Dog Tablets

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Introduction

Company name: Bayer plc
Address: Animal Health Division
Bayer House, Strawberry Hill,
Newbury
Berkshire RG14 1JA
Telephone: 01635 563000
Fax: 01635 563622
Email: animal.health@bayer.com
Website: www.bayer.co.uk/products/animalhealth.html

Presentation

A round, white, scored tablet containing 50 mg praziquantel.

Uses

For the treatment of adult tapeworms in dogs and cats.
The tablets are effective against both immature and mature forms of adult tapeworms in both dogs and cats.
The product is a highly effective treatment against all the common species of tapeworms infecting dogs and cats in the United Kingdom and Ireland including Echinococcus granulosus, Taenia multiceps, Taenia hydatigena, Taenia ovis, Taenia pisiformis, Taenia taeniaeformis and Dipylidium caninum. Droncit is also effective against Echinococcus multilocularis.(see note under further information).

Dosage and administration

The recommended dose rate is 5 mg/kg (1 tablet per 10 kg body weight).

Dogs:	Body weight
	2.5–5.0 kg	½ tablet
	6.0–10.0 kg	1 tablet
	11.0–20.0 kg	2 tablets
	21.0–30.0 kg	3 tablets
	Over 30 kg	pro rata
Cats:
	Adult cats	½ tablet

The tablets are administered by opening the animal's mouth and pushing the tablet over the back of the tongue so that it cannot be rejected. Alternatively, a tablet can be wrapped in a piece of meat or butter and offered to the animal or crushed and mixed with the food.
A single dose is all that is required. However, for dogs in rural areas and for packs of hounds this dose should be repeated every six weeks to ensure that newly acquired tapeworms are destroyed before reaching maturity. Dosing must be associated with strict control of the dog's diet to ensure that uncooked offal is not eaten.
Use during pregnancy and lactation
The product may be administered to pregnant females. It is safe to the female herself, to the unborn foetus and to the newborn young.

Contra-indications, warnings, etc

Do not administer to unweaned puppies and kittens, as such animals are rarely infected with tapeworms.
Do not administer to dogs weighing less than 2.5 kg.
In the interests of good hygiene, persons administering the tablets directly to the animal, or by adding them to the animal's food, should wash their hands afterwards.

Pharmaceutical precautions

Do not store above 25°C.
Store in a dry place.
Any part-used tablets should be discarded.
Any unused product or waste material should be disposed of in accordance with local requirements.

Legal category

AVM-GSL

Packaging Quantities

Cardboard cartons containing laminated aluminium foil /polyethylene blister with either 2 x 10 or 10 x 10 tablet blisters.

Further information

Fleas serve as intermediate hosts for one common type of tapeworm–Dipylidium caninum. To avoid reinfection with this parasite, flea control of the animal and its housing should be carried out at the same time. Unless flea control is complete an infected flea population may survive: i.e. retreatment of the animal may be necessary.
As a precautionary measure to prevent the establishment of E .multilocularis in the UK and Ireland, it is recommended that all dogs and cats entering the country be treated with praziquantel.
The spectrum of action of praziquantel covers all the important species of cestodes in dogs and cats. It specifically includes all Taenia species occurring in dogs and cats, Multiceps multiceps, Joyeuxiella pasqualei, Dipylidium caninum, Mesocestoides species and Echinococcus multilocularis. Praziquantel is effective against all stages of development of these parasites occurring in the intestines of dogs and cats.
Praziquantel is rapidly absorbed by the animal and metabolized by the liver. It is excreted, entirely as metabolites, in the urine and faeces. Praziquantel impairs the normal tegument function of the parasite, making it permeable to excessive glucose loss and thereby more easily attacked by proteolytic enzymes. Because of this, whole tapeworms including the scolex are very rarely passed in the faeces following administration of the drug. Disintegrated and partially digested fragments may occasionally be seen in the faeces.

Marketing authorisation number

Vm 00010/4097