[Ladymom]

I am cross posting this from another forum to give everyone a heads up about possible problems with Promeris. I know my wise old vet up in New York said he never prescribed anything new on the market for at least a year for these very reasons.

Lifted from Small Paws Rescue Newsletter

This is a very important message to my family & friends who have
dogs-cats--and to alert you to the hazard of using a new Flea & Tick
Preventative called ProMeris. (See Google for adverse reactions.)

This is a new product designed to be a more effective product than
other flea/tick treatments that was just released this year. It is available
thru a vet and not currently on-line. I got ProMeris this week for my 7
dogs (6 Huskies & 1 Golden-Airdale) , and the results were
debilitating for nearly all of them-including me. Since my incident this week, my
vet has pulled it from distribution and alerted the manufacturer, Fort
Dodge .

Here are my results: Within less than 2 hours after applying, 4 of
my dogs had vomited from 2-4 times, 3 were disoriented and stumbling, 1 was
dragging his back leg, 1 was salivating. I had very similar symptoms
like an allergic reaction-my lips were swollen, eyes very red, mucous
membranes such as eyes, nose, and mouth were stinging. I was very disoriented-
dizzy equilibrium and not able to drive. To make this a short story-all 7
of my dogs were admitted to the hospital for veterinarian care, and 3 of them
remained for care, IV fluids and observation for 24 hours. I was in the
emergency room. I'm home now and so are the dogs. We're all feeling
much better. Vet bills were over $2,500 and Fort Dodge is paying for
these. Not only can the product cause this reaction, it has a highly noxious odor
that permeated the house and is just starting to dissipate after 3
days.

Your dogs/cats might not have the same reaction, but given my
experience-I wanted to help you all become well-educated about the product.

Here is their web site. ProMeris®

I should note here that I am so far unable to confirm this and in fact, I have found EXACTLY the same text cross posted at several sites... and we all know how the internet works and how such things take on a life of their own.

So in lite of this finding, I will say that the above information is TOTALLY unconfirmed and in fact I would like to ask if anyone here has any experience with it or if you have been able to track down the authenticity ofthis report. If anyone has info related to this, please post in this thread. I'd like to get to the bottom of this.