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Originally Posted by maxdog  I did not realize that giving the med to a dog that has heartworms could kill him and that scares the heck out of me. If the meds do fail the odds of it happening just before the next test are only 1 in 12 (8.3%). If the meds fail during any other month of the year, which is much more likely to happen, then we could lose our baby. I hope the meds failure rate is EXTREMELY low. |
It’s low enough where the company if buying from a vet will generally pay for treatment if there is proof you bought it and used it every month. Heart worms are scary, I thought that before taking my classes and they got even more so after that. It takes months generally for the micro flara to develop into full worms and the meds killing the full worms are what would block the heart up. Technically heart worm meds are medicine that kill the micro flara and that keeps them from becoming worms. It’s very unlikely a dog on the meds will get heart worms if it’s given every month but the test helps insure that plus if your getting the regular blood work anyway it’s just good to check.