Praziquantel Injection 56.8 mg/ml Suppliers & Bulk Manufacturers

Available Forms: Injection

Available Strengths: 56.8 mg/ml

Reference Brands: Droncit

Category: Veterinary Product

Praziquantel 56.8 mg/mL injection, a veterinary tapeworm treatment for dogs and cats given subcutaneously or intramuscularly. For veterinary distributors, animal health importers and clinics. Not for human use.

Product Description:

Praziquantel is an isoquinoline-pyrazine anthelmintic active against tapeworms (cestodes). It makes the parasite's membranes permeable to calcium, causing sudden contraction, paralysis and damage to the worm's outer surface, so it loses its hold and is digested or passed. This product is a 56.8 mg/mL solution for injection for dogs and cats only. It is not for human use; human praziquantel medicines are separate oral tablets. The injection helps when tablets are hard to give, as with fractious cats or shelter animals.

Veterinarians use it against tapeworms such as Dipylidium caninum and Taenia species in dogs and cats, and on some labels Echinococcus species in dogs. It is given once by subcutaneous or intramuscular injection, dosed by body weight. Reinfection is common where fleas or hunting provide a constant source, so flea control and repeat dosing as the label allows matter. Injection-site pain, transient drowsiness, salivation or vomiting can occur. Follow label age limits in young animals. It has no effect on roundworms.

Sourcing notes. This is a veterinary medicinal product and must be registered with the veterinary authority of the destination country; it must not be supplied for human use. In many markets it is prescription-only for veterinarians. Ask for the veterinary dossier in the format your authority accepts, a certificate of analysis for each batch with sterility and assay, the GMP certificate for the veterinary site and a CoPP. Specify concentration, vial volume, pack size, target species, label language and the in-use period after first puncture.