Advocate Reaction?

[Reddii]

About a month ago I posted about CK spewing for a couple of mornings. It went away after 2 days so I put it down to 'one of those things'. This morning he did it again.

Thinking back it was 2 days after I applied advocate both this time and last that he has been sick. Do you think there is any possibility that the advocate is causing a reaction?

I'm a believer that 3 times is a pattern so I think I'll give him another month to see what happens, but if it does happen again then I'll have to look for another woming/heart regime.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Tony

[dogbesotted]

"Twenty-seven dogs in the imidacloprid/moxidectin group and 23 dogs in the fenbendazole group completed the study according to protocol. The efficacies of the two treatment protocols were 85.2% (imidacloprid/moxidectin) and 91.3% (fenbendazole) with no significant difference between treatment groups. On radiographic evaluation pulmonary parenchyma showed similar improvement in each group. No serious adverse effects to treatment were recorded: most of the minor adverse effects were gastrointestinal such as diarrhea (nine dogs), vomitus (eight dogs) and salivation (three dogs). In general, these adverse effects were of short duration (1-2 days) within the first few days after treatment start and required little or no treatment. "

(Efficacy and safety of imidacloprid/moxidectin spot-on solution and fenbendazole in the treatment of dogs naturally infected with Angiostrongylus vasorum (Baillet, 1866).Willesen JL, Kristensen AT, Jensen AL, Heine J, Koch J.)

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[Clyde]

I definitely wouldn't try it again. If there is a reaction, more often than not, it gets worse with each exposure. Find a different product. My cat had a bad reaction to Advocate - he scratched and scratched at the site and then his hair fell out.

[Guest Tess32]

Yep I agree, change to a different product now.

[Reddii]

Talk about great service from our vet and Bayer!!!

Have just spoken to them and they called Bayer for me. Bayer are sending me out their flea product w/o the worming product in it (sieve like memory - Advantage?) so that we can try that on him and test to see if it is a behavioural response to an unpleasant sensation (he hates the stuff) on the skin or whether it is the moxedectin that is causing problems in his tummy.

Will decide a course of action from there.

Thanks for the responses.

Tony

[Clyde]

Bayer are FANTASTIC when it comes to help over the phone

[InspectorRex]

if your dog is a Border Collie( avatar pic) I would definitely NOT be using Advocate on it as this is related to the Ivermectin family of drugs that most Collie Rough/Smooth, Border Collies, Aus Sheps, Shelties etc have a sensitivity too.The only way to know for sure is to have a DNA Test for the Ivermectin Sensitivity done.

If you need to use a flea preventative we have used Frontline Plus on our Rough Collies for years - they have been DNA tested as Ivermectin Affected- without any adverse reactions