New Heartworm Pill!!

[aprilb]

Originally Posted by maggieh

Iverhart and Heartgard are both ivermectin. My girls both had horrible reactionsl to Heartgard - including several days of diarhea so I am really hoping there is an alternative by the time my supply of Interceptor runs out in May. In addition to the different medication, I like the fact that Interceptor is 1 - 10 pounds; the smallest dosage of the ivermectin is 1 - 25 pounds, so our little 5 - 7 pound fluffs are getting 2 - 4 times the dosage that is needed.

Maggie, I am worried about giving the ivermection, too..so sorry it did not agree with your babies...I like the Interceptor best since the largest of mine is 5 pounds. (Eva's breeder uses ivermectin but she uses liquid and doses according to weight.) I took Rose in for her checkup recently, and my vet said production of Interceptor is scheduled to start up again in Feb. 2013 but that Novartis will be reintroducing the human meds first, so no telling when it will be back on the market. Like you, I am good until about April 2013, so hopefully it will be available by then..we'll see.

[SammieMom]

Both of mine have now had 2 doses of IH plus (0-25) with no issues so far. thank goodness. I really hate the flea meds more. Sammie had bad reaction to FP topical at HH. Thankfully I have'nt need it at home so far.
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