Ceva Animal Health Launches Libeo
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Ceva Animal Health is enhancing its existing cardio-nephrology range, which includes Cardalis, Nelio and Prilactone, with the launch of Libeo, a new four-way break, palatable furosemide treatment for the management of heart failure in dogs.
Furosemide is the most frequently used treatment for the management of heart failure; the potent diuretic helps to reduce pulmonary oedema and its quick onset of action is associated with a noticeable reduction in clinical signs. While furosemide is a crucial part of managing heart failure, long-term under or over-dosing can have profound health implications for the patient. Indeed, current recommendations are to reduce the dose to the minimum effective dose as soon as the animal is stable and only increase it if required due to deterioration in heart function.
Unlike other furosemides, Libeo has been developed solely for the veterinary market. The four-way break tablet is available in a traditional 40mg tablet size as well as a unique 10mg size for small patients. The clover-shaped tablet is chicken-flavoured, making it even easier for owners to dose their pets and help improve long-term owner compliance with veterinary recommendation. Each box of Libeo contains 120 blister-packed tablets, removing the need for someone to have to count out tablets.
“Eighty seven percent of vets in the UK believe that the dose of furosemide given to pets by their owners is adversely affected by how difficult it is to split the tablets1. This is especially likely to affect pets whose owners are less dextrous or have difficulties using their hands,” comments Rob McLintock MRCVS, companion animal business unit manager at Ceva Animal Health. “Libeo is both easy to administer and effective, thereby improving owner compliance and the long term health and welfare of their pets.”
Libeo is part of the Ceva cardio-nephrology range and will be supported by a variety of in-practice tools including cardiology refresher talks, pet owner support literature, dispensing envelopes, a veterinary cardiology support website and CPD opportunities.
To request product information or a technical brochure, please email [email protected] or call your Ceva territory manager.
Research
1 Online survey of 100 UK practicing veterinary surgeons. Mo Gannon and Associates. October 2014.
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