Heartgard Cat Chewables 6 Month Rx
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HEARTGARD® (ivermectin) Chewables for Cats is a monthly
beef-flavored chewable that prevents feline heartworm disease and treats and
controls hookworms in cats. Just one bite from an infected mosquito can lead to
deadly heartworm disease in your cat. Because mosquitoes can get in, and cats
can get out, even indoor cats are at risk. Heartworm disease is untreatable in
cats, so it’s important to keep your cat on a monthly heartworm preventive
year-round.
Just
one HEARTGARD Chewables for Cats per month will prevent heartworm disease.
They’re convenient, easy and highly effective. Plus, they treat and control
hookworms in cats, which if left untreated, can cause blood loss and weakness.
Talk to your veterinarian about protecting your cat with HEARTGARD.
- Once-a-month beef-flavored heartworm preventive chewable; effective treatment for cats against heartworm
- Removes and controls adult and immature hookworms
- Proven to help prevent future infections of feline heartworms
- Safe, FDA approved for cats 6+ weeks of age, 5 to 15 lbs
- Convenient and tasty chewable for easy administration
HEARTGARD®
(ivermectin) Chewables for Cats should be administered orally at monthly
intervals at the recommended minimum dose level of 24 mcg of ivermectin per kg
(10.9 mcg/lb.) of body weight. The recommended dosage schedule for prevention
of feline heartworm disease and control of hookworm is as follows: up to 5 lbs,
55 mcg ivermectin chewable and 5 to 15 lb 165 mcg ivermectin chewable. For cats
over 15 lb., use the appropriate combination of chewables. HEARTGARD Chewables for
Cats is recommended for use in cats 6 weeks of age and older.
Remove only one chewable at a time
from the foil backed blister card. Return the card with the remaining chewables
to its box to protect the product from light. HEARTGARD Chewables for Cats can
be offered to the cat by hand or may be added to a small amount of cat food. If
manual dosing is required, the chewable should be broken into pieces for
administration. Food should be routinely available during the day of treatment
administration. If cats are fasted, or if the chewable is not broken into
pieces for manual dosing, then reduced absorption may result. A relationship
between reduced absorption and reduced efficacy has not been established.
Care should be taken to see that the
cat consumes the complete dose. Treated animals should be observed for a few
minutes after administration to ensure that part of the dose is not lost or
rejected. If it is suspected that any of the dose has been lost, redosing with
a new chewable is recommended. Fragments of chewables have occasionally been
observed in the feces of some cats; efficacy of the product was not adversely
affected.
HEARTGARD Chewables for Cats should be
given at monthly intervals when mosquitoes potentially carrying infective
heartworm larvae are active. The initial dose must be given within a month (30
days) after the cat’s first exposure to mosquitoes. The final dose must be
given within a month (30 days) after the cat’s last exposure to mosquitoes. For
optimal performance, HEARTGARD for Cats must be given once a month on or about
the same date. If treatment is delayed, whether by a few days or many,
immediate treatment with HEARTGARD Chewables for Cats and resumption of the
recommended dosing regimen will minimize the opportunity for development of
adult heartworm.
It is recommended that cats should be
tested for existing heartworm infection prior to starting treatment with
HEARTGARD Chewables for Cats. Cats already infected with adult heartworms can
be given HEARTGARD for Cats monthly to prevent further infections.
Monthly treatment with HEARTGARD Chewables
for Cats also provides effective removal and control of adult and immature
hookworms (A. tubaeforme and A. braziliense).
