It is available 100 ml
multi-dose vials containing 50 mg / ml and as a Paste in an Oral Syringe containing 1500 mg / 30 gm Banamine is used in horses to alleviate pain and inflammation due to musculoskeletal disorders.
Multi-dose vials also take up less space, reducing the amount of refrigerated storage required to get them to where they are needed.
Vaccinating from
multi-dose vials is cheaper than from single - dose ones.
It has been added to medical products since the 1930s as a preservative, including in vaccines packaged in
multi-dose vials.
Because the flu vaccine is considered optional, some manufacturers continue to make
multi-dose vials of flu vaccine with mercury preservative.