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Canine Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA & IMHA) - Heartworm Preventative Question??
| Hi everyone, Tiggs is doing really well! We just returned from CSU in Ft. Collins where they reviewed his treatment thus far and give him and his vet here in SLC a big thumbs up. We've been able to reduce his Pred, now to 40 mg/day (we started at 120 mg/day!). His PCV today was an unbelievable 37! Three weeks ago, I would not have envisioned us getting to this point. We are defintely cautiously optimistic. Both his regular vet and CSU vets recommend Heartgard. I have read online, and even on this forum some controversy around this. We are finally on the road to recovery, and I hate to jeopordize anything, but my vet has already treated 3 cases of heartworm this season, and I'm worried either way! What do you all do? What should we do? Please advise! Thank you! Melissa |
| melissa slc |
| Melissa, Congratulations on your good news today! I asked Dr. Dodds about heartworm meds for IMHA dogs and she recommended either Interceptor every 45 days or a daily med (I don't recall the name but I've seen other people mention it, so hopefully someone will post it for you). I give Murray the Interceptor at 45 day intervals during the "high risk" season in Chicago (so not all year round). Bonnie |
| Bonnie Chicago |
| We use dimmitrol, from canadavet. Inexpensive too. It is a daily preventative. You MUST test negative first for heartworm, then it MUST be given every day - no forgetting! Its what was previously used in US as filaribits - you can google. we have posts here discussing this elsewhere on vetnet aiha group - please do a search, very interesting discussions! dimmitrol has been used for over 40 years, and is safe. |
| christine fl |
This thread was discussed between 04/08/2008 and 05/08/2008
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