Patent ID: 8835397

Claim:
A method of producing a tablet including at least one macrocyclic lactone compound having anthelmintic activity formulated for administration to an animal comprising the steps of a) dissolving the at least one macrocyclic lactone compound in at least one organic non-aqueous solvent selected from the group consisting of an alcohol, a glycol, an ether, a pyrrolidone compound with five carbon atoms, and combinations thereof to form a solution; b) mixing the solution with at least one co-solvent selected from the group consisting of an alcohol, an ether compound with three or more carbon atoms, and combinations thereof, wherein when the organic non-aqueous solvent is an alcohol the co-solvent is not an alcohol, and when the organic non-aqueous solvent is an ether the co-solvent is not an ether compound; and c) forming a tablet from the mixture of steps (a) and (b).