Comments on: Bad for me, good for you

By: Grace

Grace — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:34:15 +0000

Leigh, see my comment above yours.. I’m wondering if Hank’s odd head-pointing and shaking may be a form of seizure?

By: Grace

Grace — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:33:17 +0000

Haven’t gone the way of Capstar yet.. I’ll look into it for sure. Does it have pretty low occurrence of side effects?

By: Dr. V

Dr. V — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:14:51 +0000

I’m with you. Down with (med that shall remain nameless so lawyers don’t come after me)!

By: Dr. V

Dr. V — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:14:17 +0000

Oh, poor kiddo! I’m glad the Advantage is working well for you- it’s still a product I like a whole lot.

By: Dr. V

Dr. V — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:13:31 +0000

I’m happy more people will have access to it (genuinely!)

By: Dr. V

Dr. V — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:13:01 +0000

No heartworm preventive- yet. I expect that product to be produced at some point.

I talked to someone familiar with the research and they said the vomiting was over-represented in the clinical trials (ie, every pet that vomited for any reason during a one month period was counted as a “vomits on the drug” reaction). I’d definitely try it.

By: Dr. V

Dr. V — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:10:54 +0000

That’s so interesting, I haven’t heard that problem- but I’ve been looking it up on VIN with great interest. We’ve had it for such a short time I have no personal data.

By: Dr. V

Dr. V — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:10:04 +0000

Wow! He is a really sensitive guy, huh? I haven’t heard of that problem but (look below in the comments) some people have reported weird signs with Comfortis.

Have you tried Capstar?

By: Dr. V

Dr. V — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:08:36 +0000

I don’t mind that it’s available over the counter. It is an over the counter product after all. If it gets more people using it, that’s OK by me.

By: Dr. V

Dr. V — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:07:55 +0000

So many pets have problems with those OTC spot-ons! It’s very scary what can happen to cats (and some dogs too).