You have likely heard
of Heartguard, contains the drugs ivermectin (for heartworm) and pyrantel (for roundworm, hookworm, pinworm).
When you adopt a dog from the County Shelter, FOTAS pays for the antibiotics and the first 6 months
of Heartguard — that's money in your pocket because you need to give your dog the monthly heartworm prevention medicine anyway; and
We are currently offering coupons for the purchase
of Heartguard Plus and Nexgard.
Not exact matches
Being she is a mut we aren't 100 % sure what she is and both
Heartguard / Triheart and Interceptor state:» Do not give (name
of heartworm pill) to your pet if your pet is already taking an alternate heartworm medication.»
Answer: The amount
of ivermectin in
Heartguard and Tri-Heart is not supposed to be a problem but there are MANY other choices for heartworm preventative that don't contain ivermectin (Interceptor, Trifexis, Advantage - multi, revolution, sentinel to name a few).
Answer: Since she has taken
Heartguard multiple times in the past without incident and she is a mixed breed dog without any
of the predisposed breeds in her (collie, etc), any
of the 3
of those should be fine for her (
Heartguard, TriHeart, Interceptor).
Common medications such as Sentinel, Iverheart,
Heartguard and Revolution are available to help keep pets
of all ages safe from heartworm infection.
Treatment is easy: after the completing the course
of antibiotics, one little tasty, chewy
Heartguard chunk a month is all it takes to treat and protect your dog.
«Dogs are infected with heartworms by mosquitoes, but it takes a long time for heartworm larvae to mature into adult, reproducing worms that can strangle the heart,» says Jennifer Miller, President
of FOTAS, «so heartworm disease in a healthy, young dog is treatable with a course
of antibiotics, which weakens any maturing worms, followed by monthly heartworm prevention medicine, like
Heartguard, which every dog in the South should be on anyway.»
This involves monthly doses
of an ivermectin - based heartworm preventative (e.g.,
Heartguard) and alternating doses
of minocycline.
Heartguard does not kill any
of the intestinal parasites at the heartworm prevention dose.
I have a 12 year old mixed breed who has been on
Heartguard preventative most
of his life.
Monthly treatment with
Heartguard ® Plus also provides effective treatment and control
of roundworms and hookworms.
Follow - up dog information - combined Heartworm preventative and Flea / tick Preventative If this dog has had an adverse reaction, please list the type / brand
of treatment (n = 7) As this dog has serious allergy issues, she is allergic to any brand that has flavored chewable tablets: 1 (20 %)
Heartguard: 1 (20 %) Promeris: 1 (20 %) Frontline: 1 (20 %) Advantix: 1 (20 %) Frontline K9 Advantix: 1 (20 %) Advantage: 1 (20 %)
I've read a lot
of comments here who had vets prescribe
heartguard even if their dogs tested positive as a kind
of protection.
If I ask about other options I am told there is nothing else, but when I bring up the doxycycline + ivermetcin treatment, they are aware
of this treatment and willing to write me a prescription for doxycycline and
heartguard after some argument, but they seem unwilling to discuss the treatment.
He has been given
heartguard and 30 day treatments
of doxycycline every 3 months for the past 9 months and I feel that this treatment has lessened his symptoms.
Giving your pets a monthly oral or topical treatment (
Heartguard, Advantage Multi, or Revolution, e.g.) is the easiest, most effective way to keep your dogs and cats safe from the dangers
of heartworm.
Medical and common names that owners may recognize for some
of these medications include Interceptor, Sentinel, Milbemycin, Selamectin, Pyrantel, Revolution, Drontal, Nemex,
Heartguard, Ivermectin, Fenbendazole, Panacur, Dichlorvos, Task Tabs, Happy Jack and Filaribits.