Description

Desminth Forte Tablet

Manufactured / Marketed by: Sihil Animal Health

Dosage Form: Tablet

Presentation: 

Tablets: 10x1x10

Ingredients & Composition:

Each Uncoated tab contains
Praziquantel USP                 50 mg,
Pyrantel Embonate BP         144 mg
Febantel BP                         150 mg

Description / Action: 

Desminth Forte Tablet is a broad-spectrum dewormer available by prescription used in dogs to treat tapeworms, hookworms, roundworms, and whipworms.

Pharmacodynamics:

Round worms attached to pets’ intestines with little teeth and feed by sucking the blood. Praziquantel works by causing severe spasms and paralysis of the worms’ muscles. This paralysis is accompanied and probably caused by a rapid Ca 2+ influx inside the schistosome parasite. Morphological alterations are another early effect of praziquantel. Pyrantel acts as a cholinergic agonist. Its mode of action is to stimulate nicotinic cholinergic receptors of the parasite, induce spastic paralysis of the nematodes and thereby allow removal from the gastrointestinal (GI) system by peristalsis. Febantel acts by blocking parasite energy metabolism leading to energy exchange breakdown and inhibited glucose uptake.

Class: Dewormer / Parasiticide

Indication / Usage:

Desminth Forte Tab is Broad Spectrum Anthelmintic Tablet indicated for removal of Tapeworms (Dipylidium caninum, Taenia pisiformis, Echinococcus granulosus, and removal and control of Echinococcus multilocularis) and for removal of Hookworms (Ancylostoma caninum, Uncinaria stenocephala), Ascarids (Toxocara canis, Toxascaris leonina), and Whipworms (Trichuris vulpis) in Dogs.

It is indicated in the Cat for the treatment of Tapeworms (Taenia taeniaeformis), Hookworms (Ancylostoma tubaeforme), and Large Roundworms (Toxocara cati) in cats and kittens.

Dosage/ Administration:

Praziquantel                5 mg/kg;
Pyrantel Embonate      14.4 mg/kg
Febantel                      15 mg/kg.

One tablet for every 10 kg b.wt.

Desminth Forte tab is indicated for the treatment of adult dogs once every three months. For dogs in farming areas and breeders’ places or multiple pets where more frequent worming may be necessary as often as every two weeks. It may be decided based on doing faecal test for eggs and larvae.

Targeted Species:

Dogs only*

Direction For Use:

Oral administration only. The tablet(s) can be administered directly to the dog or disguised in food.

Access to a normal diet does not need to be limited before or after treatment. Puppies should be treated at 2 weeks of age and every 2 weeks until 12 weeks of age. Thereafter, they should be treated at 3-month intervals.

Overdosage / Side effects / Contraindications /Warnings:

Diarrhea, Vomiting, Lethargy, Drooling, and Decreased appetite.

Strict hygienic precautions should be taken when handling dogs or feces suspected of harbouring E. multilocularis. Infected dogs treated for the first time with Desminth Forte Tablets and dogs treated at intervals greater than 28 days may shed eggs in the feces after treatment. During this time, the animal should be kept in the clinic, and all faeces should be incinerated or autoclaved. If these methods are not feasible, the faeces might be soaked in a solution of 3.75% sodium hypochlorite (bleach) to destroy the eggs. Before being used again, every space the animal came into touch with or was kept in should be properly cleansed with sodium hypochlorite and given time to dry fully.

Safety/ Pregnancy/ Age:

Avoid using in pregnant animals (female dogs).

Pharmaceutical precautions / Instructions: 

Store in a cool dry place at room temperature. Not for human use. For animal treatment only.

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