Dog Medicine Is Recalled at Request of F.D.A.

A call to your veterinarian is warranted to find out about the lots that were recalled. Your veterinarian was "pushing" Proheart in all good conscience, veterinarians don't like to create problems. If he/she is like me, we try to make the care of the animals as efficient and easy as one can. Unfortunately, I am guessing that 90% of the reactions that are listed can be traced to other predisposing causes and because expenditures to diagnose a problem is expensive, the easy route is to blame the drug. I also know that PETA has been after American Home Products/Ft. Dodge since the Premarin episode and a lot of data that is out there is unsubstantiated biased accusation by the PETA folks trying to hurt American Home Products (Quest is one drug for one that got hit by PETA hard). Delayed reactions are rare, if your dog had had a reaction to the Proheart it would have been in the first weeks after the injection according to all I have read and personally observed. I hope this helps some, I know I am going to get bombarded tomorrow at work for the same reason but I have been prepared and knowledgeable about this drug for quite some time.

FWIW, I own a Jack Russel that had a reaction to Proheart that was transient. I gave her a steroid and then after six months we went back to heartgard. My personal experience with Proheart made me advise against using Proheart with Jack Russels, Pugs, Boston Terriers and Chihuahuas.I think Proheart is excellent in large breed dogs that are not over 8 years old or debilitated with preexisting disease. Proheart will take some tinkering to make it safer for dogs but after working with the Fort Dodge veterinarians in research and professional support, many of the adverse reactions to moxidectin were new and totally unexpected and after studies on the efficiency of the drug was thoroughly studied.

I really appreciate you taking the time to explain all this and I feel somewhat better knwoing that *if* something was going to happen, if probably already would have.
Peace of mind, regarding my "kids" is priceless.
I'll call tomorrow when his office reopens and ask for the lot information.
Otherwise, this vet is a great guy who is very gentle and understanding of the "special personalities" of Ibizans.
For example, he is the -only- vet whom my older Ibizan bitch does *not* try to bite.
[they are a very "offish/one person" breed and just have this "thing" about people messing with them if it's not their "mom" or "dad"]...;)

Good luck to you tomorrow.
It sounds like you'll be needing it.

[does anyone really listen to what PETA crackpots say anymore?]

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