Treatment of external parasites by oral administration of parasiticidal agents
AssigneePiedmont Pharmaceuticals, LLC
InventorsRoland H. Johnson, Douglas I. Hepler, Kathleen G. Palma
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Abstract
Pharmaceutically acceptable compositions of fipronil for oral delivery to mammals and methods for use of the compositions to control external parasites, such as fleas and ticks.
Claims20
A pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising an ectoparasiticidally effective amount of fipronil for oral delivery to mammals to control external parasites over a period of at least 1 week and as long as 9 weeks.
A method for the control of external parasites on a mammal, the method comprising oral administration of an ectoparasiticidally effective amount of fipronil to the mammal to control ectoparasites thereon for a period of at least 1 week.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.