Commonly Used Drugs
| DRUG |
Trade name / Manufacturer |
Dose rate |
| Amphotericin B |
Fungizone, Squibb |
1.5 mg/kg tid i/v, concurrently 1mg/kg bid /trachea,and also with Rifampicin. |
| Amoxycillin |
Clamoxyl LA, Smith Kline Beecham |
adult 2.Sml SQ alternate days |
| Carprofen |
Zenecarp, C-vet |
I .Sml SQ post-op adult dose |
| Calcium Edetate |
Calcium EDTA strong, Animalcare |
O.75m1 in 2.5m1 sterile water i/rn on every 2nd or 3rd day. repeat oourses as necessary. Severe cases 4-6m1 in drip over 24hrs. Ring Swan sanc for advice |
| Dexamethasone |
Dexadreson, Intervet |
0.25m1 SQ daily for 2-3 days only. |
| Enrofloxacin |
Baytril 5%, Bayer |
10mg/kg SQsid. |
| Epsom salts | in feed | |
| Honey |
set, any brand |
very effective, cheap debriding agent |
| Fenbendazole |
Panacur, Hoechst |
100mg/kg po single dose |
| Iverrnectin |
Ivomec, MSD Agvet |
200ugfkg SQ single dose |
| Intrasite |
Smith & Nephew |
good debriding agent for wounds |
| Penicillin |
Crystapen 600mg, Britannia |
i/v in drip, 600mg |
| Rifampicin |
Rifadin,Merrell |
30mg/kg po tid. |
| Potentiated sulphonamide |
Borgal, Hoechst |
3-SmI SQ sid |
| Spectinomycin |
Spectam, Sanofi |
irn l.Srnl SQ adult dose sid |
| Vitamin B12 |
Anivit B12 |
l-3m1 SQ sid |