[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Heart Guard Plus

  • From: barbarar <domara4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: WLFHRTGSD@xxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 13:52:27 -0600

I use Ivomec for Cattle and Swine and give my dogs 1/4 cc once a month 
by mouth, for heartworm prevention. I do not inject it.   I have been 
doing this for at least 10 years.
Barbara

WLFHRTGSD@xxxxxxx wrote:

>In a message dated 11/30/05 11:34:05 PM, DaniaKarloff@xxxxxxx writes:
>
><< I used to buy heartworm preventative through Pet Megastore in Australia -  
>without a prescription.  Then they stopped allowing this.  I just went  to 
>their 
>web site and they are, once again, selling Heartguard Plus with no need  for 
>a prescription but the price is no longer a bargain ($43).  Has anyone  else 
>seen this?
> 
>Dania
> >>
>
>Although I never bought heartworm or any other meds online, I DO know WHY 
>Heartguard prices went up -- Heartguard is owned by the same company that made 
>Vioxx, the human anti-inflammatory medication.  When Vioxx (and subsequently, 
>other  similar anti-inflammatories) was pulled from the market, the company 
>that 
>owned Vioxx increased the price on other medications, and the veterinary side 
>was hit pretty hard.  Vioxx was extremely expensive compared to the older 
>anti-inflammatories.  And it still got pulled for safety reasons. 
>
>I've seen more & more ads on TV calling for anyone who's ever taken (name a 
>drug that was introduced in the last ten years) to contact the law firm of so 
>& 
>so to take part in a class action lawsuit against the manufacturer.  
>
>Kelly Busse
>Wolfheart German Shepherds
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BarbaraR  
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