Equipred 50mg Tablet

Equipred 50mg Tablets

Used for the alleviation of inflammation and other issues relating to recurrent airway obstruction (e.g. severe asthma) in horses. 

These tablets can be split into halves or quarters, and contain the active ingredient prednisolone (50mg)

Contraindications:

• Do not use in cases of hypersensitivity to the active substance, to corticosteroids or to any of the excipients
• Do not use in viral infections during the viraemic stage or in cases of mycotic infections
• Do not use in animals suffering from gastrointestinal ulcers
• Do not use in animals suffering from corneal ulcers
• Do not use during pregnancy
• Except in emergency situations, do not use in animals suffering from diabetes mellitus, renal insufficiency, cardiac insufficiency, hyperadrenocorticism, or osteoporosis

Regulations prevent us from sending any veterinary medicines to Northern Ireland. Find out how to order this medicine to Northern Ireland.

Administration:

• For oral use
• The product should be mixed in small amount of feed
• To ensure administration of the correct dose, body weight should be determined as accurately as possible to avoid under- or overdosing
• Tablets may be divided along score lines to facilitate accurate dosing
• A single dose of 1mg prednisolone/kg body weight per day corresponding to 2 tablets per 100kg body weight
• Treatment may be repeated at 24 hour intervals during 10 consecutive days

Shelf Life:

• Shelf life of divided tablets after first opening the immediate packaging: 3 days

Storage:

• This veterinary medicinal product does not require any special temperature storage conditions
• Return any divided tablet to the opened blister