Drontal Dog Tasty Bone Wormer Tablets provide a single dose solution for treating roundworm and tapeworm in dogs.
Drontal Dog Flavour Plus 150/144/50 mg tablets are light-brown to brown, meat-flavoured, bone-shaped tablets scored on both sides that can be divided into halves. Each tablet contains 150 mg febantel, 50 mg pyrantel (equivalent to 144 mg pyrantel embonate) and 50 mg praziquantel.
These tablets are used for the treatment of mixed infections by the following species of nematodes and cestodes in dogs: Roundworms including Ascarids (adult and late immature forms): Toxocara canis, Toxascaris leonina; Hookworms (adults): Uncinaria stenocephala, Ancylostoma caninum; Whipworms (adults): Trichuris vulpis. They also treat Tapeworms (adult and immature forms) including Echinococcus granulosus, Echinococcus multilocularis, Dipylidium caninum, Taenia spp.
For oral administration, the dosage is 1 Drontal Dog Tasty Bone 150/144/50 mg tablet per 10 kg body weight (15 mg febantel, 14.4 mg pyrantel embonate and 5 mg praziquantel/kg body weight). For larger dogs, 1 Drontal Dog Tasty Bone XL 525/504/175 mg tablet per 35 kg body weight can be administered. The tablets are flavoured and palatable, taken voluntarily by the majority of dogs. They can be administered with or without food, and access to a normal diet does not need to be limited before or after treatment. Tablets should be given as a single administration. The advice of a veterinarian should be sought regarding the need for and frequency of repeat treatment. Drontal Dog Tasty Bone 150/144/50 mg tablets are not for use in dogs weighing less than 2 kg.
Teratogenic effects attributed to high doses of febantel administered during early pregnancy have been reported in rats, sheep and dogs. The safety of the product has not been investigated during the 1st and 2nd third of pregnancy. Do not use in pregnant dogs during the 1st and 2nd third of pregnancy. A single treatment during the last third of pregnancy or during lactation has been demonstrated safe.
Do not use in case of hypersensitivity to the active substances or to any of the excipients. Fleas serve as intermediate hosts for one common type of tapeworm - Dipylidium caninum. Tapeworm infestation is certain to re-occur unless control of intermediate hosts such as fleas, mice etc. is undertaken. Parasite resistance to any particular class of anthelmintic may develop following frequent, repeated use of an anthelmintic of that class. To minimise the risk of re-infestation and new infestation, excreta should be collected and properly disposed of for 24 hours following treatment. In very rare cases mild and transient digestive tract disorders (e.g. vomiting) may occur. The anthelmintic effects of this product and piperazine containing products may be antagonised when the two drugs are used together. 10 times the recommended dose of the product was tolerated without signs of adverse reactions in dogs and pups. Since it contains praziquantel, the product is effective against Echinococcus spp. Echinococcosis represents a hazard for humans and is a notifiable disease.
This veterinary medicinal product does not require any special storage conditions. Shelf life of the veterinary medicinal product as packaged for sale is 3 years. Shelf life of half-tablets is 7 days. After opening the blister, remaining half-tablets should be wrapped in aluminium foil and returned to the open blister.