Flea
control measures include: bathing, dipping, collars, Sentinel («flea birth
control» - an oral tablet that acts by sterilizing fleas), Capstar (oral tablet offers rapid elimination of adult fleas, usually within 30 minutes), Comfortis (month - long chewable tablet that kills fleas and prevents reinfestations), Advantage topical (kills fleas up to thirty days
with monthly application), Frontline topical (kills fleas and ticks), Revolution topical (
heartworm preventative and kills fleas and ticks as well), Vectra topical (works by killing adult fleas, preventing development of immature flea stages, and repelling ticks and mosquitoes), Trifexis (monthly chewable tablet for
dogs that kills fleas, prevents
heartworm disease, and treats /
controls adult hookworm, roundworm and whipworm infections), and - very important - treating the environment
with carpet powders, foggers, or sprays.