Danilo A. Nelson Webboard User Reg: 02-05-2010
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Hi all, hope all is good with you.
Went to the vet last week, and received a complimentary, so they say a box of Advantage multi, looks good, but I am a Frontline and Heartgard person, any suggestions on which way I should go.
I have read and it seem like the companies has flooded the information pages, so my best bet was to come to the folks in the trenches. Thanks Dan
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These drugs were just coming onto the market as I was leaving vet medicine, so I can't help much. Our practice recommended Frontline+Heartguard, for better tick control ---- however, I think that the sales rep also told us that Frontline would never be sold "over the counter", that it would always be a vet only product, so that if vet's would "push it", then vets would always have an exclusive on the market.
Well, last week I saw Frontline in a Home Depot, so I guess that's over. We sold a hell of a lot of Frontline+Heartguard, it seemed to do the job and we didn't see many if any negative side effects. "Natural" flea/heartworm medications are not effective, and do not work where there are a lot of fleas and a lot of heartworm carrying mosquitoes.
Tiffany Holtfreter Webboard User Reg: 07-31-2010
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I have used it in the past and would use it again. My dog had no side effects and it kept the fleas off well. I now use Revolution because I heard somewhere to mix it up every year or 2 so the dog doesn't become immuned to it. Not sure if thats true but I do know my in-laws dog was on Frontline his whole life (7yrs old) and became immuned to it with fleas.
Kiersten Lippman Webboard User Reg: 09-28-2009
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Isn't it the fleas/ticks that could possibly develop immunity through short-term evolution (selection for those with natural defense against the chemicals, due to increase reproductive success) not the dogs?
I've heard this type of theory before about switching up the flea/tick meds, and I agree it could be true for dogs in a certain area or an infested house or yard that are exposed to the same population of ticks/fleas for a number of years. I wonder if there are any research studies on this phenomenon. Seems like it would be quite simple, due to the relatively short lifespans of fleas and ticks and their small size. Then again, pinpointing the involved genes in a tick might be the hard part.
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