Levamizole 8% 50-100 ml Bottle Injectable Liquid Solution 80 mg/ml

Composition

1 ml of the drug contains:

levamisole hydrochloride — 80 mg

Description

The liquid is colorless, transparent, without mechanical inclusions, with a weak specific smell.

Pharmacological properties

Levamisole hydrochloride is a synthetic compound from the group of imidazothials. Inhibits the enzyme of the main metabolism of fumarate reductase and the formation of ATP, paralyzes nerve nodes, causes paralysis and death of nematodes in the first 12-24 hours after administration.

It is quickly absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract. The maximum concentration in blood plasma is observed after 1.5-2 hours. It is biologically transformed in the liver with the formation of inactive metabolites. The half-life is 3-4 hours, metabolites – about 16 hours. It is excreted from the body mainly by the kidneys (more than 95%) in the form of inactive metabolites the gastrointestinal tract (approximately 5%) and less than 0.2% in unchanged form.

The drug has a complex effect on the immune system, especially in immunosuppressive conditions: it increases the production of antibodies against various antigens, activates T-lymphocytes and stimulates their proliferation, increases the function of monocytes, macrophages and neutrophils (chemotaxis, phagocytosis, adhesion).

Indication

Treatment of animals and poultry for diseases caused by:

• cattle, sheep, and goats — nematodami ШКТ та легенів Trichostrongylus columbriformis, T. axei, Ostertagia circumcincta, Haemonchus contortus, Nematodirus spathiger, Oesophagostomum venulosum, O. solumbianum, О. radiatum, Bunostomum trigonocephalum, Trichuris skrjabini, T. ovis, Т. globulosa, Strongyloides papillosus, Dictyocaulus filaria, D. viviparus, Muellerius capillaris, Protostrongylus kochi, Neoascaris vitulorum, etc.;
• – nematodes Ascaris suum, Trichuris suis, Oesophagostomum dentatum, Metastrongylus elongatus, M. pudendotectus, M. salmi, M. pulmonalis, M. tschiauricus, Ollulanus tricuspis, O. suis, Strongyloides ransomi;
• dogs — Toxocara canis, T. cati, Toxascaris leonina, Uncinaria stenocephala, Ancylostoma caninum;
• poultry (chickens, geese, turkeys, pigeons) — Ascaridia galli, Heterakis gallinarum, Capillaria spp., Trichostrongylus spp.

Contraindication

Do not prescribe to females in the last third of pregnancy, breeders in the breeding season, laying hens, and exhausted animals.

Do not use it together with pyrantel, morantel, organophosphate preparations, and neostigmine.

 

Method of application and dosage

Doses and methods of administration of the drug for different species of animals are indicated in the table.

Kind of animals	Dose, ml / 10 kg of body weight	Method and course of application

Cattle	1* (no more than 30 ml once)	p/sh (lower part of the neck) or v/m (area of ​​the ulnar muscle), once
pigs	1** (with a weight of up to 150 kg, and for each subsequent 50 kg, 2.5 ml is added)	in/m or p/sh (area of ​​the knee fold or behind the ear), once
Sheep, goats	1 (with a weight of up to 50 kg, and with a weight of more than 50 kg — 6 ml once)	p/sh, one time
Dogs	1	intravenously or orally, once
Poultry (chickens, geese, turkeys, pigeons)	3-4	orally with water, once or divided into 3-4 days
Pigeons	1 ml per 200 ml of water	orally with water, course — 3-5 days

* A dose of more than 15 ml is divided into two injections and injected into different places.
** A dose of more than 10 ml is divided into two injections and administered from the left and right side.

Reservation

After the last use of the drug, animals, and poultry can be slaughtered for meat after 7 days. Meat obtained before the specified term can only be used for feeding carnivorous animals and making meat and bone meal, and milk can be given to unproductive animals. People cannot eat milk and eggs.

Atropine is used as an antidote.

Storage conditions

In a dry, dark place at temperatures from +1 to +25 °C.

Expiration date

3 years.