Strongid P Granules contra-indications, dosage, admistration and pharmaceutical precautions

Legal category
POM-VPS (previously PML)

Pharmaceutical precautions
Do not store above 25°C.
Protect from sunlight.
If only part of a sachet of granules has been used, fold the opened edge and store in a cool dry place. Part used sachets should be stored below 25°C and used within two months.
Unused product and containers should be disposed of in accordance with any guidance from an appropriate waste regulation authority

Presentation
Strongid-P Granules is a pale yellow to buff, free flowing granular material containing 76.7% w/w pyrantel embonate in an inert carrier. Pyrantel embonate is a pale yellow to buff, odourless, non-staining amorphous powder containing 34.6% base activity

Dosage and administration
Administration
Strongid-P Granules is recommended for feed or stomach-tube administration in horses, ponies and foals of over four weeks of age and donkeys. It is not necessary to withhold any feed prior to administration. Administer medicated feed or suspension immediately after mixing.
Feed
Strongid-P Granules should be dispersed evenly in the feed – preferably a relatively reduced quantity to ensure consumption. Any unconsumed medicated feed should be discarded.
Dosage

Foals one to eight months of age.
Dose every four weeks.
Horses and donkeys over eight months of age.
Routinely dose every six to eight weeks, but during the summer and autumn when at grass dose every four to six weeks.
Always dose three to four days before turning out after in-wintering.

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STRONGID P GRANULES
Contra-indications, warnings, etc

Not for use in horses with known hypersensitivity to the active ingredient.
Stomach-tube administration: normal precautions should be observed. Only to be carried out by a veterinary surgeon.
Operator warning
Avoid contact with skin. Wash hands and any other parts of the body which come into contact with the product.
Avoid inhalation of the product. Where a number of horses are to be dosed, for example in a yard, it is recommended to wear a dust mask.
For animal treatment only.
Keep out of reach of children.
Withdrawal period
Horse meat: zero days

Uses
Strongid-P Granules is a broad-spectrum anthelmintic and is indicated for use in the horse and donkey for the control and treatment of adult infections of large and small strongyles, Oxyuris, Parascaris and Anoplocephala perfoliata.
Strongid-P Granules is effective against benzimidazole resistant strains of small strongyles and should be used wherever the presence of such strains is suspected.

For the control and treatment of strongyles including benzimidazole resistant strains (redworm), Oxyuris (seatworm/pinworm) and Parascaris (roundworm), Strongid-P should be used at a dose rate of 19 mg pyrantel embonate per kg bodyweight.
Sachet pack
1 sachet per 300 kg (660 lb) bodyweight. Each sachet contains 7.43 g Strongid-P Granules (5.7 g pyrantel embonate).
Dosing programmes
Strongyles (including benzimidazole resistant strains), Oxyuris and Parascaris.

Dosing programme – Anoplocephala perfoliata
The need for re-treatment may vary, but if considered necessary should be carried out after an interval of six weeks.