proheart
My hunting beagles, are great rabbit dogs and sell for $300 each. We are in the woods and swamps all the time never had heart worm... One "poncho" did have a adverse reaction. I called the vets at proheart,1-800-477-1365. they told my vet exactly what blood test to do and how to save him. Now he did have a rough time, but with prohearets help he made it and none of my dogs ever got heart worm... They did a voluntarily recall,but over 7 million doses given and only 500 dog deaths. Of course one is too many, but more would have died of heartworm. that's what less than 1 percent. Info here: http://www.dvmnewsmagazine.com/dvm/arti ... ?id=152659 And the risk is good odds, I don't understand it all but"Since launch in 2001 through August 2004, the overall rate of reports for ProHeart 6 has been calculated at approximately 3 unfiltered reports for each 10,000 doses sold. Independent data from one of the most comprehensive databases available in the U.S. indicates a reporting rate of 4 reports per 10,000 doses actually administered to dogs. " http://www.petresource.com/articlesofin ... ecall.html I suspect there is more risk in crossing the street than in proheart. The rate of anaphylactic reactions has decreased from 2.2 per 10,000 doses in May 02-April 03 to 0.85 per 10,000 doses in May 03- April 04. In addition, there has also been a decrease in the "illness" category of reports from 2.1 per 10,000 doses to 0.98 per 10,000 doses, which supports the premise that many of the illnesses reported (vomiting, diarrhea) were allergy related. One of my dogs had a problem over 3 years and proheart was there to help pull him through. And we spend alot of time in the woods. Proheart has my support. I do love my dogs and proheart has protected them. bob |
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| Bob,
That is great that your dog pulled through, but why take the risk in using Proheart when there are other heartworm preventatives that will equally help a dog with no risk? Out of 7 million doses, how can you say "only" 500 dog deaths. One is too many IMO. And how many of those 7 million actually got sick but were lucky enough to be treated by their vet to survive. Plus since the drug is relatively new on the market, who's to say that there won't be some type of long term effect by using each year when your dog becomes a senior? Especially since it effects muscle function or may seem like an auto-immune disease. Here's a link from this forum to a couple of people that experienced side effects from Proheart http://www.oes.org/page1/proheart.html Sorry, but of course Proheart helped you. They are making an attempt at desperate spin control to repair the damage that their product has already done. And yes, it's a product to them, medicine to us. As for me, I'll stick with Heartguard. |
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