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Various sizes - View product for choices Synulox can be dispensed in any quantity. Enter the number your prescription permits into the ' Quantity' box Presentation Synulox Palatable Tablets are presented as circular, pink tablets with a break line on one face & `SYNULOX' engraved on the other. Each tablet contains clavulanic acid as potassium clavulanate & amoxicillin as Amoxicillin trihydrate in a palatable base. The composition of the two tablet sizes is as follows:50 mg (40 mg amoxicillin & 10 mg clavulanic acid).250 mg (200 mg amoxicillin & 50 mg clavulanic acid). Uses Synulox Palatable Tablets have a notably broad spectrum of bactericidal activity against bacteria commonly found in cats & dogs. In vitro Synulox is active against a wide range of clinically important aerobic & anaerobic bacteria including: Gram-positive: Staphylococci (including β-lactamase producing strains); Clostridia; Corynebacteria; Peptostreptococcus spp; Streptococci. Gram-negative: Bacteroides spp (including β-lactamase producing strains); Escherichia colilactamase producing strains); Bordetella bronchiseptica; Campylobacter spp; Fusobacterium necrophorum; Klebsiellae; Pasteurellae; Proteus spp. (including most β-lactamase producing strains); Salmonellae (including β-Clinically Synulox has been shown to be effective in treating a wide range of diseases of cats & dogs including: Skin disease (including deep & superficial pyodermas); soft tissue infections (abscesses & anal sacculitis); dental infections (eg gingivitis); urinary tract infections; respiratory disease (involving upper & lower respiratory tract); enteritis. Synulox Palatable Tablets 50 mg & 250 mg Dosage & administration Administration By the oral route. Synulox palatable tablets are often accepted from the hand even by sick cats & dogs. Alternatively, the tablets may be crushed & added to a little food. Dosage rate 12.5 mg/kg bodyweight. Dosage frequency The following table is intended as a guide to dispensing Synulox Palatable Tablets at the standard dose rate of 12.5 mg/kg, twice daily. For the majority of infections, including those of the skin, urinary tract & gastrointestinal tract, the above dosing regime is effective. Refractory cases, however, particularly those of the respiratory tract, have shown enhanced cure rates by doubling the dose to 25 mg/kg bodyweight twice daily. ( Note that the smallest animals of 1 kg bodyweight when dosed with ½ tablet will already be receiving the doubled (25 mg/kg) dose rate.) Duration of therapy Routine cases involving all indications: The majority of these cases respond to between 5 & 7 days therapy. Number of tablets per dose,twice daily Bodyweight (kg)50 mg 250 mg 1– 2½—3– 51—6– 92—10–133—14–184—19–25—126–35—1½36–49—250—3 Chronic or refractory cases In these cases, where there is considerable tissue damage, a longer course of therapy may be required in that it allows sufficient time for damaged tissue to repair. Based on clinical trials, the followi
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