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GastroGard 37% Oral Paste for Horses:  Dosage and administration
 
 
GastroGard 37% Oral Paste for Horses
Dosage and administration
GASTROGARD is effective in horses of various breeds and under different management conditions, foals as young as four weeks of age and weighing over 70 kg, and breeding stallions.
For oral administration
Treatment of gastric ulcers: one administration per day during 28 consecutive days at the dose rate of 4 mg omeprazole per kg body weight followed immediately by a dosage regimen of one administration per day during 28 consecutive days at the dose rate of 1 mg omeprazole per kg body weight, to reduce the recurrence of gastric ulcers during treatment.
Should recurrence occur (confirmed by gastroscopy), retreatment at a dose rate of 4 mg omeprazole per kg body weight is recommended.
Prevention of gastric ulcers: one administration per day at the dose rate of 1mg omeprazole per kg body weight.
To deliver GASTROGARD at the treatment dose of 4 mg omeprazole/kg, set the syringe plunger to the appropriate dose division for the horse’s weight. Each full dose division on the syringe plunger delivers sufficient omeprazole to treat 100 kg bodyweight. The contents of one syringe will treat a 575 kg horse at the rate of 4 mg omeprazole per kg body weight.
To deliver GASTROGARD at the dose of 1 mg omeprazole/kg, set the syringe plunger to the dose division equivalent to one quarter of the horse's body weight. At this dose, each full division on the syringe plunger will deliver sufficient omeprazole to treat 400 kg body weight. For example, to treat a horse weighing 400kg set the plunger to 100kg.
Replace cap after use.
           
 
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  Date updated: 30 October 2006