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Pharmaceutical particulars
Excipients
Metacresol 0.3 % w/v
Zinc chloride
Sodium acetate trihydrate
Sodium chloride
Hydrochloric acid or Sodium hydroxide (for pH adjustment) and
Water for injections.
Major incompatibilities
None known.
Shelf life
Shelf life of the veterinary medicinal product as packaged for sale: 2 years.
Shelf life after first opening of the immediate packaging: 42 days.
Special precautions for storage
Before first use, store upright and refrigerated between 2 and 8 ºC.
After first opening store below 25 ºC. Store the broached vial upright. Protect from light. Do not freeze.
Immediate packaging
Cardboard box with 5 or 10 glass vials (Ph.Eur. Type I) of 2.5 ml with a rubber stopper and aluminium cap, or a cardboard box with 1 glass vial (Ph.Eur. Type I) of 10 ml with a rubber stopper and aluminium cap.
2.7 ml glass Type I cartridge with two sterile colourless Type I glass beads 2.4-2.5 mm in diameter. Closed with a 10 mm bromobutyl rubber plunger on the bottom, and with a 7.5 mm bi-layer bromobutyl rubber/polyisoprene stopper and an aluminium crim cap on top. Available in boxes of 10 x 2.7 ml cartridges.
The glass cartridge is designed to be used with the injector VetPen 8 or VetPen 16.
Not all pack sizes may be marketed.
Disposal
Any unused veterinary medicinal product or waste materials derived from such veterinary medicinal product should be disposed of in accordance with local requirements.