MediGel® Hazelnut
MediGel® Hazelnut is a highly palatable soft gel designed to administer medication by oral consumption to research animals.
Delivering Solutions
• Nutella®-like flavor masks unpleasant medication taste
• Paste texture provides easy hand-mixing of therapeutics
• Theobromine free
• Nutritionally fortified soft gel promotes consumption by compromised animals
Delivering Quality
- Tyvek® medical packaging
- E-Beam irradiation
- Complies with quality standards as tested by an independent laboratory
- Certificate of analysis by manufactured lot
- Individually coded with lot and date of expiration
Ingredients
Water, Cane Sugar, Corn Syrup, Hazelnut Butter, Carob Powder, Nonfat Dry Milk, Modified Food Starch, Cocoa Butter, Sunflower Lecithin, Food Preservatives
Shelf Life
12 month shelf life. Does not require refrigeration or special handling.
| Nutritional Information per 100g | Recommended Dosage | Applications |
| Dosage: 1 cup is designed for 5 mice over 2 days based on average size and consumption. Monitor intake. | Medication delivery solution for
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FAQs
How do I add medications to MediGel® Sucralose or MediGel® Hazelnut?
Thermoreversible Protocol
MediGel® Sucralose, like many ClearH2O gels, is thermoreversible; the gel will liquefy when placed in a hot water bath. We recommend liquefying MediGel® Sucralose by placing the 2 oz. cup in a 60°C water bath for 15 minutes. Once the gel is liquefied, following aseptic technique, inject the medication with a syringe through the foil lid. After the medication is added, place a sticker over the injection site and shake the cup vigorously by hand for 15 seconds, then mix by vortexing for an additional 15 seconds. After mixing the medication, let the gel re-solidify back to its original consistency at room temperature or place in the refrigerator to accelerate re-solidification. (Approximately 15 minutes)
This same procedure can be followed for other ClearH2O products such as DietGel® Recovery, DietGel® 76A, and LabGel®. See page 39 for thermoreversible mixing guidelines.
Hand Mixing Protocol
Alternatively, you can add medications to MediGel® Sucralose by removing the foil lid and hand-mixing the drug directly into the gel. The hand mixing procedure can also be applied to MediGel® Hazelnut.
One trick to ensure that the medication is mixed evenly into the gel is to add a natural food coloring with the medication solution. This enables a visual confirmation of the mixing.How do I calculate the medication dosage for using MediGel® Sucralose or MediGel® Hazelnut?
To answer this question, it is best to use an example calculation. In this calculation, we are using a drug concentration of 10mg/kg/day for pain management.
For a 25 gram mouse: 10 mg/kg X 0.025 kg = 0.25 mg of drug/mouse/day.
A 25 gram mouse on average will consume 5 ml of gel per day.
Therefore, 0.25 mg / 5 ml gel = 0.05 mg/ml.
One 2 oz cup of gel contains 60 ml.
Therefore, 0.05 mg X 60ml = 3 mg per cup
You would want to add 3 mg of drug to one cup of either MediGel® Sucralose or MediGel® Hazelnut.