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Originally Posted by kdhawks  About a year ago, Levi's old vet started recommending Vectra 3D. I bought it, THEN came home and read reviews, and took it back. Never used it. I understand that every product will have some poor reviews, but this one seemed to have more than usual. I'm glad Rylie didn't have a bad reaction!
We use Frontline Plus, and I do split that dose because he is so small. We don't rotate, and this has worked well for us, but I don't think it's as effective in other areas. |
See I trusted my vet, so I just put it on her thinking I was being a good mommy. Then I read a thread on another site that was talking about flea meds and it freaked me out about them in general... THEN they told me about all the Vectra 3D issues they read about on the internet. I consider myself very fortunate that Rylie did not react to it!
Thing about the internet (and any complaint venue really) is generally only people with negative reviews tend to bother to post. The ones who are just okay with it can't be bothered. Sometimes you see the ones that are really happy posting, but not as often.
I hear a lot of good things about Frontline Plus... maybe I will ask about that and return the doses of Vectra I have left, but I think I will try discussing my concerns with my vet first. He didn't even want us using flea meds until it was absolutely necessary. I asked about them when I first got Rylie and he was adamant that we wait.
I am really thinking at this point that it is an individual dog thing. Some react, some don't. Just like humans and medications. Medication reactions are almost always very serious too, human or animal.
Part of the reason Rylie didn't have an issue might be because she's 6lbs. I don't know what the weights were of all the dogs having issues, but in the threads I read the dogs were 4lbs or smaller...