Plerion 10 - Chewable Worming Tablets

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Now there is a NEW flavoured, easy-to-give, chewable tablet that makes worming a treat!

Giving tablets to your dog can be difficult. Now there is a tasty, chewable tablet, Plerion can make worming a treat for you and your dog.

Plerion is a broad spectrum wormer. It is suitable to treat tapeworm as stipulated under the Pet Travel Scheme. Each chewable tablet (Plerion 10) contains: 50 mg pyrantel (as embonate), 200 mg oxantel (as embonate), 50 mg praziquantel.

Uses:

• Ascarids: Toxocara canis, Toxascaris leonina.
• Hookworms: Uncinaria stenocephala, Ancylostoma caninum.
• Whipworms: Trichuris vulpis.
• Tapeworms: Dipylidium caninum, Mesocestoides spp., Taenia ovis, Taenia pisiformis, Taenia hydatigena,Taenia multiceps, Echinococcus spp.

Treatment Plan

Contra-indications, warnings, etc.

Do not use in dogs younger than 2 months of age.
Plerion 10 tablets: Do not use in dogs weighing less than 5 kg.
Do not use in animals with known hypersensitivity to any of the components of the product.
On rare occasions vomiting and diarrhoea may be observed following the treatment.
Although not observed in studies performed with this product, anorexia may occur as it is a common adverse effect of products containing praziquantel.
Parasite resistance to any particular class of anthelmintic may develop following frequent, repeated use of an anthelmintic of that class.
When D.caninum infection is present, concomitant treatment against intermediate hosts, such as fleas and lice, should be considered to prevent re-infection.
Dogs kept together or in kennels should be treated at the same time.

Roundworm and Hookworm infections:

In some animals, Ancylostoma caninum and Toxocara canis may not be totally eradicated by the treatment, resulting in a continued risk of shedding of eggs into the environment. Follow-up examinations of the faeces are advisable and, based on the results of these examinations, treatment with a nematodicidal product should be carried out, if necessary.
In debilitated or heavily infested animals, the product should be used only according to a benefit/risk assessment by the responsible veterinarian.
The safety of the product has not been established in bitches during pregnancy and lactation.
Laboratory studies in rats and rabbits have not produced any evidence of teratogenic, foetotoxic or maternotoxic effects. Use only according to the benefit/risk assessment by the responsible veterinary surgeon.
Do not use simultaneously with levamisole, piperazine or choline esterase inhibitors.
In safety studies overdoses of 3 times the highest recommended dose of 10 mg pyrantel, 40 mg oxantel and 10 mg praziquantel per kg bodyweight or overdoses of the highest recommended dose given for 3 consecutive days led to sporadic vomiting or soft faeces. These clinical signs resolved without further treatment.

Causes
Nature has given worms many ways of surviving and multiplying, many of them almost unbelievably complicated. But however improbable these strategies may seem, they are highly successful – so successful, in fact, that it is safe to say that a dog which is never treated is virtually certain to be infected with worms at some time in its life.

Symptoms
It’s not always easy to determine whether a dog is infected with worms. The most obvious sign is “scooting” – that is, dragging its bottom along the ground. This may indicate tapeworm infection. The dog does it because the egg filled segments shed by the mature tapeworms are expelled via the anus and irritate the dog"s bottom. To avoid worms reaching maturity and affecting your pet"s health, and to reduce public health risks, you should worm your pet regularly. Worming every 3 months will reduce this risk, but your vet will be able to evaluate your pet"s and your family"s requirements and advise you on a specific worming routine.Heavy roundworm infections may cause a distended stomach – particularly noticeable in puppies. And almost any type of intestinal worm can cause vomiting or diarrhoea.

In general, though, by the time symptoms are visible, the worms have reached maturity, and are already damaging your dog’s health. That’s why it’s far better to follow veterinary advice on a specific worming routine, before the symptoms become obvious.