Composition:
Albendazole ……………300 mg
Excipients q.s. …………1 bolus.

Indications:
Prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal and pulmonary strongyloses, cestodoses, fascioliasis and dicrocoelioses. albendazole 300 is ovicidal and larvicidal. it is active in particular on encysted larvae of respiratory and digestive strongyles.

Contraindications:
Hypersensitive to albendazole or any components of alben300.

Dosage And Administration:
Orally:
Sheep and goat
Give 7.5mg of albendazole per kg of body weight
For liver-fluke: give 15mg of albendazole per kg of body weight

Side Effects:
Dosage up to 5times the therapeutic dose have been given to farm animals without producing significant side effects.under experimental conditions the toxic effect appears to be associated with anorexia and nausea .the drug is not teratogenic when tested using normal laboratory criteria.

Precautions General:
Animals being treated for neurocysticercosis should receive appropriate steroid and anticonvulsant therapy as required.oral or intravenous corticosteroid should be considered to prevent cerebral hypertensive episodes during the first week of anticysticeral therapy
Cysticerosis may, in rare cases ,involve the retina,before initiating therapy for neurocysticercosis , the animal should be examined for the presence of retinal lesions, if such lesions are visualized , the need for anticysticeral therapy should be weighed against the possibility of retinal damage caused by albendazole induced changes to the retinal lesions.

Warning :
Sheep and goat must not be slaughter within 10days following last treatment and the milk should not used before 3days of last treatment

Precaution :
Do not administer to female cattle druing first 45days  of pregnancy or for 45days after removal of bulls,do not administer to ewes druing the first 30days of pregnancy or for 30days after removal of rams ,consult your veterinarian for assistance in the diagnosis,treatment and control parasitism.

Interactions:
With Other Drug:
Albendazole has been shown to induce liver enzymes of the cytochrome p-150 system responsible for its own metabolism.therefore ,there is a theoretical risk of interaction with theophylline,anticonvuisants,oral Contraceptives and oral hypoglycaemics.therefore care should be exercised druing the introduction of albendazole in animals receiving the above groups of compounds .
Cimetidine and praziquantel have been reported to increase the plasma level of the albendazole active metabolite

Overdosage And Treatment:
No untoward effects were reported,however,symptomatic and gegeral supportive measures are recommended.

Storage:
Store in a cool, dry and dark place below 30°c.
Keep out of reach of children.

Withdrawal Times:
Meat : 10days
Milk : 3 days.
Shelf life: 4 years
Package: blister packing of 12×5 bolus.