What is the purpose of prescribing Pratel for dogs? Instructions and indications for the use of this tool will be indicated below. You will also learn about the price of this medication, its properties and contraindications.
Composition and shape
The Pratel preparation for dogs, the instruction for use of which is contained in a cardboard box, is available in the form of round tablets, light yellow in color, with a cross-shaped notch on one side and with beveled edges.
The active substances of this medication are praziquantel and pyrantel.
Veterinary Properties
What is the Pratel medication (for dogs)? Instructions for use, reviews report that this is a combined anthelmintic. It has a wide range of cestocidal and nematicidal effects on all phases of the development of tape and round helminths, which parasitize not only in dogs but also in cats.
The principle of action of the active components that make up the drug is based on the process of inhibiting fumarate reductase, as well as impaired energy metabolism and persistent depolarization of the helminth cellular muscle. This effect causes paralysis, subsequent death of the parasite and its removal from the digestive tract of the animal.
Drug features
Why is Pratel so effective for dogs? Instructions, reviews claim that it owes its properties to the main substances that make up the composition.
Praziquantel adversely affects tapeworms, including cestodes. First, it contributes to muscle excitation, leading to spastic paralysis, after which - vacuolization of the helminth cell membranes, and then allows intestinal enzymes to adversely affect the parasite.
With oral administration, praziquantel is rapidly absorbed in the intestine. It is well distributed in all tissues and organs. This substance is excreted in metabolized form along with urine.
What role does pyrantel play in Pratel for dogs? The instruction states that this component is active against nematodes (gastrointestinal). It is a neuromuscular ganglion blocker that causes spastic paralysis of the muscle tissue of roundworms, as well as persistent depolarization.
Partially pyrantel embonate is absorbed in the intestinal tract, and excreted together with feces within two days.
Is it dangerous?
According to the degree of impact on a living organism, the drug “Pratel” refers to low-hazard drugs (4th hazard class). If you use it strictly as directed by the veterinarian, it does not have teratogenic, embryotoxic and sensitizing effects. According to experts, this medication is quite well tolerated by different animals.
Indications
Why is Pratel prescribed for dogs? The instruction says that this tool is necessary for the treatment and prevention of helminthiases in animals (nematodoses: toxoscaridosis, toxocariasis, hookworm, uncinariosis - and cestodoses: echinococcosis, teniosis, dipyldiosis, mesocestodosis).
Prohibitions to use
The drug in question is not recommended if the animal has hypersensitivity to the components of the drug, including a medical history. It is also prohibited to use it in the first half of pregnancy in dogs that are severely malnourished and recovering animals suffering from infectious diseases.
It is unacceptable to take Pratel tablets with severe impaired renal and hepatic function, as well as puppies up to 6 weeks of age.
Pratel medication for dogs: instructions for use
The price of this tool is approximately 270-450 rubles. Use it only according to indications, after consultation with the veterinarian.
Tablets are given to dogs once, in fragmented form, along with food. Also, the medicine can be administered to the animal by force (put on the root of the tongue).
The dosage of this drug depends on the weight of the dog:
- up to 2 kg of weight - 0.25 tablets;
- 2-5 kg of weight - 0.5 tablets;
- 5-10 kg of weight - 1 pc.;
- 10-20 kg of weight - 2 pcs.;
- 20-30 kg of weight - 3 pcs.;
- 30-40 kg of weight - 4 pcs.;
- 40-50 kg of weight - 5 pcs.
To prescribe this tool to puppies is possible only from the 6th week of life. It should be noted that before deworming, the use of laxatives or a fasting diet is not required.
For therapeutic purposes, this medication is given to animals once, and for prophylactic purposes - once a quarter. Also, the drug can be prescribed before vaccination and 4 weeks before mating (in a therapeutic dosage).
“Pratel” pregnant females are given only in the last third of pregnancy, and lactating females 3 weeks after delivery and only under the supervision of a veterinarian.
When skipping another deworming, it must be carried out as quickly as possible in the same dose.
Side effects
What negative reactions can a Pratel medication cause for dogs? The instructions for use states that when using this tool in the recommended dosages and according to the indications, no side effects and complications are observed.
If the animal has hypersensitivity to drug substances, an allergic reaction may develop.
Special information
With the development of allergies, the use of the drug is stopped, and desensitizing treatment is also carried out.
Pratel medication should not be prescribed at the same time as anthelmintic drugs containing piperazine.
Personal preventive measures
When working with the tool in question, it is necessary to follow the general safety rules, as well as personal hygiene. During the treatment of the animal with tablets (bookmarks in the mouth or mixing with food) it is forbidden to smoke, eat food and water. After working with the medicine, wash your hands well.
Special precautions for the destruction of a damaged drug is not required.
Reviews
What do animal owners say about Pratel? They claim that it is a very effective anthelmintic that can be used not only to treat the animal, but also for its prevention.
Also, the positive aspects of this medicine include its availability, reasonable price and safety for humans.