There are also
oral flea prevention products that can be given to your dog without the potential mess of a topical.
If you ask your conventional vet, she'll happily sell you a spot - on or
oral flea prevention products... but these products come with some dangerous side effects.
Not exact matches
Goals are to kill any existing
fleas and the continued
prevention fo
fleas through the use of spot - ons, collars and
oral products.
That's why it is important to use best
flea prevention for dogs
products like spray,
oral treatment, and drops.
For chewable
flea and tick
prevention for dogs, the
oral products are best.
Oral flea medications like NexGard, Trifexis and Comfortis take the mess out of
flea prevention while also protecting against other parasites (see
product label for details).
One downside of using
oral flea and tick treatment has been that this form of
prevention may take longer to kill and repel
fleas that the previously mentioned
products.
There are dozens of
flea control
products on the market that fall into many categories: with / without heartworm and intestinal parasite
prevention, with / without tick control, prescription and over-the-counter, topical and
oral,
products that kill adult
fleas and those that block the development of immature
fleas, those that are greatly affected by bathing and others that aren't, some that are very safe for one species and toxic to other types of pets.
Bravecto (fluralaner; Merck), NexGard (afoxolaner; Merial), and Simparica (sarolaner; Zoetis) are isoxazolines — these three
products are safe, effective, and FDA approved medications for
oral administration to dogs for
prevention of
fleas and ticks.