Pratel For Cats: Reviews, Instructions For Use, Contraindications, Side Effects, Analogues

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-17 22:26

Pratel: a cat's life without worms

Unlike cats, no one likes worms and does not want to start. Worms easily start themselves, posing a threat to the health of both a fluffy pet and a person. In order to reliably exclude their latent presence in the life of your pet, it is enough to take anthelmintics regularly for prophylactic purposes.

Content

• 1 Composition and release form of the drug Pratel
• 2 The mechanism of action of the drug Pratel

• 3 Indications for use

  3.1 Photo gallery: pathogens of helminthiasis in cats

• 4 How to use Pratel correctly

  • 4.1 Video: how to give a pill to a cat
  • 4.2 Features of use in kittens and pregnant cats

• 5 Contraindications and side effects of the drug Pratel

  5.1 Interaction of the drug with other drugs

• 6 Storage conditions and shelf life

• 7 Approximate cost and existing analogues

  7.1 Table: Comparison of Pratel and Prazicide

• 8 Reviews about the drug

Composition and release form of the drug Pratel

The Pratel product was developed by Novartis Animal Health doo (Slovenia). It is produced in the form of light yellow round tablets, the edges of which taper towards the periphery. Each tablet has a cross-shaped notch on one side to facilitate dividing should the need arise.

Pratela tablets are scored to facilitate dividing

Each Pratela tablet contains as active ingredients:

• pyrantela embonate - 144 mg;
• praziquantel 50 mg

Excipients included in the composition:

• microcrystalline cellulose;
• lactose;
• sodium saccharin;
• sodium starch glycolate;
• corn starch;
• povidone;
• silicon dioxide;
• magnesium stearate;
• croscarmellose sodium.

The tablets are packed in blisters of 10 tablets each. Blisters are made of foil and placed in cardboard packages, each can contain either 1 or 10 drug blisters.

The tablets are in aluminum blisters and placed in a cardboard box

The mechanism of action of the drug Pratel

Pratel is a remedy for the fight against intestinal parasites - worms. With the help of the drug, you can save your pet from:

• Round worms. They are called nematodes, and the diseases they cause are called nematodes. These are usually small worms that live in the small intestine and feed on blood, and can also affect the liver and esophagus. They are especially dangerous for kittens, which can become infected in utero. Eggs and larvae of nematodes, excreted with feces, infect other animals and humans. This occurs after contact with the excrement of infected animals, and worm eggs can also be carried on people's shoes.

• Tapeworms are cestodes that cause cestodes. Cestodes live mainly in the small intestine of cats and humans. Infection occurs when feeding raw meat or fish, external parasites - fleas or lice-eaters can serve as a source.

  

  Cats can get tapeworms through fleas

Pratel destroys round and tapeworms at any stage of their development. The active substances contained in the preparation block the enzyme fumarate reductase, which is necessary for the normal function of the worm muscles, as well as for the metabolism. As a result, the parasites are paralyzed, die and are excreted along with the stool.

After taking Pratel, praziquantel from the digestive system quickly enters the bloodstream and spreads evenly with its current throughout the body, having a detrimental effect on the extraintestinal forms of worms that are characteristic of some phases of their development. Excretion of praziquantel occurs by the kidneys. Pirantela embonate enters the bloodstream only partially, its main action is realized in the intestinal lumen and is excreted in the stool within the next 1-2 days after taking the drug.

Pratel has long been used in veterinary practice and is a well-studied drug. When assessing the possibility of adversely affecting the body, it is classified as a low-risk agent. It has been proven that, if the dosage regimen is observed, Pratel does not cause the formation of hypersensitivity, and also does not adversely affect both the course of pregnancy in cats and the condition of the fetuses. The product is well tolerated by pets of all ages.

Indications for use

Indications for the use of Pratel are treatment, as well as prevention:

• nematodes:

  • toxocariasis;
  • toxascariasis;
  • uncinariosis;
  • ankylostomiasis;

• cestodoses:

  • teniasis;
  • dipylidiosis;
  • echinococcosis;
  • mesocestodosis.

Photo gallery: pathogens of helminthiasis in cats

Mice and rats are reservoir carriers of toxascarids

The causative agent of diphilobotriosis - tapeworm (tapeworm) - has a long body, consisting of separate segments, each of which contains both male and female germ cells

Echinococcus is a helminth that causes irreversible changes in the liver, kidneys, lungs, heart and toxic damage to the body as a whole

How to use Pratel correctly

Pratel's instruction does not require preliminary preparation of the cat in the form of taking laxatives or fasting, which is very convenient. The pratel is given once to each animal either with food, or forcibly by placing the drug on the root of the pet's tongue.

Dosing of Pratel in cats is very simple:

• an adult cat weighing 2 to 5 kg is given half a tablet;
• kitten - only one quarter.

The dosage remains unchanged for both treatment and prevention.

The fact is that the drug Pratel has been used in veterinary medicine for a long time, and it seems that the instructions for it have not been revised for a long time. The weight of modern cats of large breeds has already "stepped over" the 10 kg mark, therefore, in order to obtain the desired effect from them, you will have to use the dosages prescribed by the instructions for dogs:

• with a cat weighing from 5 to 10 kg - 1 tablet;
• with a cat weighing from 10 to 20 kg - 2 tablets.

According to the instructions, in order to rid the pet of worms, a single dose of Pratel is enough. To ensure further reliable protection against parasites, the drug is given to cats every 3 months - for the purpose of prevention. Also preliminarily, 2–4 weeks in advance, use Pratel before vaccination and viscous.

My experience convincingly shows the inadequacy of a single dose of any anthelmintic in animals taken from the street. I confirm the reliability both by visual criteria - the preservation of the presence of helminths in the feces - and by the results of microscopy of feces - by the presence of helminth eggs. Anthelmintic should be given at least 3 times with an interval of 10-14 days, followed by laboratory control. If there are still animals in the house, all of them are subject to prevention at the same time. Preventive use of anthelmintics for people who are in contact with animals also makes sense.

It has not been established any features of the effect of Pratel, either at the beginning of its use or at the end of it. If the next prophylactic dose was not taken, according to the annotation to the medicine, the next prophylaxis should be carried out as soon as possible, without changing the dose.

Pratel for cats weighing more than 5 kg is given in the dosage prescribed for dogs of the same weight

Video: how to give a pill to a cat

Features of use in kittens and pregnant cats

During pregnancy in cats, the use of Pratel is allowed only during its last third. For lactating cats, the use of Pratel is permissible only as directed by a veterinarian and under his supervision no earlier than 2-3 weeks after lambing. It is forbidden to give Pratel to kittens under 6 weeks old.

Contraindications and side effects from the drug Pratel

Contraindications for treatment with Pratel, as well as its use for prophylaxis, are:

• the exhausted state of the pet;
• the presence of an infectious process;
• renal failure;
• liver failure;
• first half of pregnancy;
• under 6 weeks of age for kittens;
• allergic reactions, including in the past, to the use of Pratel.

As side effects, the development of allergies is possible, which usually does not occur when using Pratel for its intended purpose in the dosages recommended by the instructions. Symptoms characterizing drug overdose were not detected in animals.

If, when using Pratel, the pet has allergies, it is treated with the use of desensitizing drugs (Tavegil, Pipolfen) or corticosteroids (prednisolone), leaving a corresponding entry in the animal's card, preventing the reappointment of the drug, as well as its components as part of another medication.

Interaction of the drug with other drugs

Pratel is incompatible with piperazine, which may contain other anthelmintics.

Storage conditions and shelf life

Store Pratel for 3 years from the date of its manufacture, subject to the following conditions:

• temperature regime from 0 ⁰ С to 25 ⁰ С;
• low humidity;
• darkness;
• closed packaging;
• isolation from food products of people and animals;
• lack of access for children and pets.

Approximate cost and existing analogues

The preparation Prazicide contains similar active ingredients.

Table: Comparison of Pratel and Prazicide

Name	Structure	Release form	Indications	Contraindications	Application	Price, rubles
Pratel; Novartis Animal Health doo "(Slovenia)	pyrantela embonate 144 mg; praziquantel 50 mg.	Pills	Treatment and prevention of nematodes and cestodoses	exhaustion; the presence of infections; renal and hepatic impairment; age up to 6 weeks; first half of pregnancy; allergy to the components of the product.	half a tablet - for an adult cat; a quarter of a tablet is for a kitten.	70 / piece
Prazicide; LLC "Api-San" (Russia)	pyrantel pamoate 50 mg; praziquantel 15 mg.	Pills	Treatment and prevention of nematodes and cestodoses	exhaustion; infectious diseases; recovery period after various diseases.	1 tablet (200 mg) per 3 kg of body weight. During the first application, increased salivation is possible. In case of overdose: general oppression; salivation; lack of appetite; disorders of the digestive system (vomiting, diarrhea). In case of severe infection with worms, repeat the treatment after 10 days.	10 / piece

Prazicide is analogous to Pratel: it has the same active ingredients

Reviews about the drug

Pratel is an anthelmintic agent that affects the most common types of helminths in cats - nematodes and cestodes. The action of the drug is due to the immobilization of the parasite and the violation of its metabolism. Dead parasites are eliminated from the intestine naturally and as a whole. Pratel has a very affordable price and good reviews from cat owners.