Our Animal Health business made sound progress, due to our core business segments of swine and small animals. In 2007, we concluded another successful year with a growth of 9%.
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has a wide range of products covering
Butylscopolaminiumbromide and Metamizole sodium (dipyrone).
For the management of abdominal pain associated with equine colic.
Buscopan® Compositum contains butylscopolaminiumbromide, an antispasmodic agent, and dipyrone, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). Buscopan® Compositum does not mask the symptoms of surgical colic cases and does not produce paralysis of the gut.
Butylscopolaminiumbromide is a quaternary ammonium derivative of scopolamine. Like other belladonna alkaloid derivatives, this compound antagonises the actions of acetylcholine at the muscarinic receptor and also possesses some activity at nicotinic receptors.
Dipyrone shows anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic effects. Data indicate that the mechanism of action of dipyrone, like other NSAIDs, is probably associated with an inhibitory effect on prostaglandin synthesis. Furthermore, it antagonises the effects of bradykinin and histamine.
single intravenous injection
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