Donna, may I forward your post to a friend of mine who just used this with her Cavalier? I would like to tell her so that she will not use it with her others.
Thanks, Carol Carol Richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.geocities.com/carolscavaliers/ "My little dog, a heartbeat at my feet." Edith Wharton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Robillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 6:48 PM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Injectable Heartworm Med > Hi Carolyn: > > I made this post to another list and should have done so on this as well. > > I had one of my puppy owner call me last week. She had taken he little guy > to the vets for the regular heartworm meds. As she says she was never > really good about remembering to give the pill once a month she thought that > the injectable 6 in 1 would be better. > > The injectable is a gel not a liquid and within a few minutes he was > vomiting. The vet rushed him into the back and 25 minutes later when she > saw him he was on oxygen and an IV drip. He had collapsed. He then spend > the next 3 days in the emergency hospital on oxygen and IV then he started > to bleed from his rectum which took a while to get it to stop. > > He is home now, shaved throat are, both legs and his rear. > She has to take him back weekly for testing on his liver and they had no > idea how his immune system will be nor his liver nor how this might affect > how long he lives. He will be 3 on August 31st. > > One thing to remember is this is injectable so there is no taking it back it > has to go through the whole system. It might not happen to others, but for > me I would not take a chance. I have phone all my puppy owners and they in > turn have told their vets as did I. By the way her vet sent all remaining > gel back to the company. > > Myself, I test yearly only the dogs being shown as we do not have a very > high incident rate here. I would test yearly and only do meds should they > develope heartworm as the treatment now for it is a lot safer than the > poision we put into these little guys. > > Hope this helps. > > Donna Robillard, > Winrob Reg'd > Ottawa, Canada > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carolyn Dunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 6:17 PM > Subject: [CKCS-L] Injectable Heartworm Med > > > > Dear List, > > > > My dogs have an appointment next week for their annual checkup. I was > > thinking about trying the new injectable heartworm med. Does anyone have > > experience with it? Any adverse effects? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Carolyn Dunn > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ========================================================= > > "Magic Commands": > > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > > to start it up gain click here: > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. > > > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
