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Originally Posted by LuvMySissy  I just switched my girls to Interceptor. They had been on Sentinel, but in an effort to reduce unnecessary meds (and since my girls are pee pad trained), we went with Interceptor and are not using flea medication (again, my girls are not regularly outside and our shampoo has essential oils that act as a flea repellent).
I was considering Heartguard, but have recently heard about some severe reactions happening with many different dogs. And the smallest dose of Heartgard is for a 25 lb dog, whereas the Interceptor has a dose from 2-10 lbs.
If you do an internet search, you can compare the products and ingredients and you can also see how many reported reactions there have been in previous years. Sentinel had the least followed closely by Interceptor.
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Yes it does help.
I have been Googling and Googling and Googling for days.
I have compared all of it but I really want to see how many dogs have reacted to both of these.
I did see those sites that say Heartgard is responsible for 6 deaths per year on average and 3?? reactions. Interceptor is about 9 deaths with fewer reaction than Heartgard, Sentinel about 6 and Revolution 36.
Were these dogs who reacted on Heartgard Yorkies?
I thought Interceptor was safer for smaller breeds but then I read somewhere today that Interceptor almost killed two toy dogs in one family, so that complicates things more.
Ellie has been on both and she isn't allergic to either but I am just so undecided. With Heartgard she is getting about 4 times what she needs and wtih Interceptor she is getting 5 times what she needs so they can claim it controls intestinal parasites.
There has also been some information about Heartworm meds not working as well as they should lately. So I don't know what to do.
Has anyone heard about this? If it is either Heartgard or Interceptor having the problem, I would probably choose the other one.
I think I will buy one pill at a time for now until I decide what to do.
