WARNING! RE: New flea & tick medicine
 

This was forwarded to me... I don't use any of these products as I've seen bad reactions many times over....Rosie

This is Jo and 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 http://www.promeris .com/consumer/ .

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-Airedale) , 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.

Cheryl Harrison
My Best Friend's Bowl
Because they count on you to choose wisely
My Best Friend's Bowl - Premium Pet Food

Holy Moly! Your poor pups. Thank heavens they are all ok.
I never heard of that flea/tick medicine before.
You poor thing, you must have been panicked.
Thanks for the post.

I used it once on my female, a 14 lb. teapot!:D The vet was out of advantix for her size and convinced me to try Promeris.....NEVER AGAIN!! The smell immediately gave me a migraine and made her hair extremely oily. I'll stick with advantix. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

holy cow thank you for the warning !! I've seen their new ads on tv and the claims they make is it's something we SHOULD USE ....I know I won't be now thanks to you - I'll stick with Frontline Plus -

I'm so sorry you had such a bad experience - are they ok now ?

Can I have your permission to cross post this ???

Thanks for the info. I am glad I use Frontline plus. I won't be switching.

Unbelievable!!! I'm sooooo glad ALL of you are alright! I have seen it advertised too but I use frontline plus on my 3 dogs and it works very well so therefore I will not change but thanks for letting us know about this stuff!!!

OMG i hope all your babies will be ok , i would be freaking out, no experimenting here , i will stick to frontline plus (which i just aplied yesterday for the 1st time this yr, allways worked for us so far ! Hugs

OMGosh!! Thank you SO MUCH for the info. My pet store just started carrying this. I printed this and am bringing up there immediately! Im so glad you guys are here to share your stories and help prevent these things from happening to someone else. Im also very happy to hear your guys are all ok!!:(

From what I've read this was primarily only used for ants and has not been tested for use on pets....you'd be surprised to read what we use on our pets that isn't safe ...all flea, tick and heartworm products are pesticides and are chemicals, none of them are "safe" to use....it's all some form of poison....these products are hard on our pets livers and kidneys to say the least.....

To the OP: Thanks for the info!

I've read several posts similar to yours (jp4m2) on YT and have decided not to use flea/tick meds. Although I thought heartworm preventive was important? Xavier is not big on the outdoors and I don't think the meds are worth the risk. Does anyone know of natural preventives for fleas & ticks?

I'm so glad you posted this. I was going to try it on Roxy since she has had horrible reactions with Frontline Plus, Advantix K9 and Advantage. Since it had different ingredients, I was hopeful it would be better. Thank goodness I've been too broke to get it. How can this stuff go out on the market if it causes this kind of reactions? I'm sorry you and your babies had to suffer so much, but I'm glad you are all ok.

I see some think these are my dogs but they are someone else... Please pass this to who ever needs to know.. I think we should never use anything that has not been on the market at least 5 yrs... Don't be a guinea pig for the Pharmaceutical companies ...:mad:

I just saw this commercial last night.