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NEMEX™-2
(pyrantel pamoate)
Oral Liquid

Description

  • Single-dose treatment for removal of large roundworms and hookworms in adult dogs and puppies.


  • Provides exceptional safety and nematocidal efficacy.
Approved Uses

NEMEX™-2 (pyrantel pamoate) is approved for:
  • Treatment and removal of large roundworms (Toxocara canis and Toxascaris leonina) and hookworms (Ancylostoma caninum and Uncinaria stenocephala) in dogs and puppies.


  • Prevention of reinfestation of T. canis in adult dogs, puppies and lactating bitches after whelping.
Key Features

  • Excellent palatability of caramel-flavored liquid suspension base encourages client compliance.


  • Anthelmintic treatment of nursing puppies can help eliminate prenatal or lactogenically acquired roundworms and hookworms.


  • Removing the worm burden can dramatically affect positive growth performance and well-being of puppies.


  • Treatment minimizes environmental contamination that contributes to reinfection.


  • May assist protection against zoonotic infection of children and adults.


  • No fasting is required before or after administration.


  • Strategic de-worming of puppies provides optimum protection at the time of greatest vulnerability to effects of parasitism.


  • Can be conveniently dispensed in original container.
Packaging

  • Liquid suspension is available in 60 mL (2 oz or 12 tsp) and 480 mL (16 oz or 96 tsp) bottles.


  • Opaque bottles minimize loss of potency due to photosensitivity of pyrantel pamoate.
Dosage and Administration

  • No fasting is required before or after administration.


  • Liquid: give 1 tsp (5 mL) per 10 lbs of body weight.


  • Dogs under constant worm exposure should have a follow-up fecal exam 2–4 weeks after treatment.


  • For maximum control and prevention of reinfestation, it is recommended that puppies be treated at 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 10 weeks of age.


  • Lactating bitches should be treated 2–3 weeks after whelping.


  • Adult dogs kept in heavily contaminated quarters may be treated at monthly intervals to prevent T. canis reinfestation.
Precautions

  • For animal use only.


  • The liquid form of this product is a suspension and as such will separate. To insure uniform re-suspension and to achieve proper dosage, it is extremely important that the product be shaken thoroughly before every use.

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