About Heartgard Plus for Dogs
When it comes to pet medication, you need be sure that you are giving your pet the best. Heartgard PLUS, a chewable tablet taken monthly to prevent canine heartworm disease, is EPA and FDA approved. Heartgard PLUS kills heartworms, hookworms, and roundworms, making it one of the most effective medicine for your dog’s health. Heartgard PLUS contains two active ingredients, Ivermectin and Pyrantel Pamoate, which act to paralyze and kill parasites.
Heartgard PLUS is safe for dogs and puppies 6 weeks of age and older and is safe to use in pregnant and nursing dogs. One of the most widely prescribed heartworm preventives in the pet medication market, Heartgard PLUS has been proven to be the drug of choice in the prevention and treatment of heartworms.
Manufacturer
Merial
Directions
Heartgard should be administered once a month year-round, or at least during and one month following mosquito season. It is available in flavored or unflavored chewable tablets that should not be swallowed whole (and can be broken up to prevent such a thing from happening). The usual dose in dogs up to 25 pounds is 68mcg, for 26-50 pounds is 136mcg and for 51-100 pounds is 272mcg. Dogs over 100 pounds are given a combination of tablets.
Heartgard Plus is a preventative drug and should only be used on uninfected dogs; have yours tested before beginning him on Heartgard Plus.
Ingredients
Ivermectin and Pyrantel
Side Effects
Heartgard Plus is well tolerated by most dogs. If the recommended dose is exceeded, however, it may cause tremors, disorientation, dilated pupils, blindness, and loss of appetite and body weight or death in rare cases.
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