Gentam

Gentam is administered to dogs and cats for treatment for infectious diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory airways, genitourinary system, joints, soft tissues and skin, necrobacteriosis, umbilical infections, atrophic rhinitis, mastitis-metritis-agalactia syndrome and other bacterial infections caused by pathogens sensitive to amoxicillin and gentamicin.

Amoxicillin trihydrate — 150 mg/ml, gentamicin sulfate — 40 mg/ml, excipients up to 1 ml.

Gentam is administered to animals subcutaneously or intramuscularly as a single dose at 1 ml per 10 kg of animal body weight (15 mg of amoxicillin and 4 mg of gentamicin per 1 kg of animal body weight). The duration of the treatment course, depending on the severity of the animal’s condition, is 2 to 5 days, as determined by the attending veterinarian.

The maximum amount of the drug to be injected into one injection site may not exceed 2.5 ml for dogs and cats.

The bottle containing the suspension should be shaken well before each use.

Contraindications to the use of Gentam include the animal’s individual hypersensitivity to aminoglycosides and beta-lactam antibiotics (including from past medical history), severe renal failure involving azotemia and uremia, auditory nerve neuritis, myasthenia.
The drug should not be used for female animals during pregnancy and nursing.

The drug should be stored sealed in the manufacturer packaging, protected from direct sunlight and kept separate from food products and feeds at temperatures between +5°С and +25°С.

The drug has a shelf life of 3 years from the date of manufacture, provided that the storage conditions are met at all times, and 28 days once the bottle is opened.