HEARTGARD (ivermectin) Chewables for Cats is a monthly beef-flavored chewable that prevents feline heartworm disease and treats and controls hookworms in cats. Just one bite from an infected mosquito can lead to deadly heartworm disease in your cat. Because mosquitoes can get in, and cats can get out, even indoor cats are at risk. Heartworm disease is untreatable in cats, so it's important to keep your cat on a monthly heartworm preventive year-round. Just one HEARTGARD Chewables for Cats per month will prevent heartworm disease. They're convenient, easy and highly effective. Plus, they treat and control hookworms in cats, which if left untreated, can cause blood loss and weakness. Talk to your veterinarian about protecting your cat with HEARTGARD.
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Formulated For: HEARTGARD (ivermectin) Chewables for Cats is recommended for use in cats 6 weeks of age or older.
Health Consideration: Heartworm, Hookworms
How is Medication Given? HEARTGARD (ivermectin) Chewables for Cats should be administered orally at monthly intervals at the recommended minimum dose level of 24 mcg of ivermectin per kg (10.9 mcg/lb.) of body weight. The recommended dosage schedule for prevention of feline heartworm disease and control of hookworm is as follows: up to 5 lbs, 55 mcg ivermectin chewable and 5 to 15 lb 165 mcg ivermectin chewable. For cats over 15 lb., use the appropriate combination of chewables. HEARTGARD Chewables for Cats is recommended for use in cats 6 weeks of age and older. Remove only one chewable at a time from the foil backed blister card. Return the card with the remaining chewables to its box to protect the product from light. HEARTGARD Chewables for Cats can be offered to the cat by hand or may be added to a small amount of cat food. If manual dosing is required, the chewable should be broken into pieces for administration. Food should be routinely available during the day of treatment administration.
What Results Can I Expect? HEARTGARD (ivermectin) Chewables for Cats contain ivermectin, which affects the tissue stage of heartworm larvae for a month (30 days) after infection and as a result, prevents the development of the adult stage.
What Form Does Medication Come In? HEARTGARD (ivermectin) Chewables for Cats is available in packs containing 6 chewables.
Manufacturer: Boehringer Ingelheim
Common Brand Name: HEARTGARD
Dose and Administration: HEARTGARD (ivermectin) Chewables for Cats should be administered orally at monthly intervals at the recommended minimum dose level of 24 mcg of ivermectin per kg (10.9 mcg/lb.) of body weight. The recommended dosage schedule for prevention of feline heartworm disease and control of hookworm is as follows: up to 5 lbs, 55 mcg ivermectin chewable and 5 to 15 lb 165 mcg ivermectin chewable. For cats over 15 lb., use the appropriate combination of chewables. HEARTGARD Chewables for Cats is recommended for use in cats 6 weeks of age and older. Remove only one chewable at a time from the foil backed blister card. Return the card with the remaining chewables to its box to protect the product from light. HEARTGARD Chewables for Cats can be offered to the cat by hand or may be added to a small amount of cat food. If manual dosing is required, the chewable should be broken into pieces for administration. Food should be routinely available during the day of treatment administration.
Possible Side Effects: A wide margin of safety was demonstrated in clinical trials at the recommendeddose level in cats and kittens 6 weeks of age and older and in laboratory studies in cats with circulating microfilariae of D. immitis. A wide margin of safety has also been demonstrated at 3 times the recommended dose in pregnant or breeding queens and breeding toms. No adverse effects were observed in either male or female cats or their offspring in breeding studies. A 30-fold safety margin over the minimum recommended dosage was established in a single dose tolerance study. In growing kittens dosed monthly for 8 consecutive doses, one cat given 5 times the market dose vomited and a second cat in this group experienced diarrhea within 24 hours of the initial treatment. In clinical trials, many commonly used flea control products, anthelmintics, vaccines, antibiotics and steroid preparations were administered with HEARTGARD (ivermectin) Chewables for Cats without incident.
Storage Recommendations: Store at controlled room temperature of 68 degrees F - 77 degrees F (20 degrees C - 25 degrees C). Excursions between 59 degrees F - 86 degrees F (15 degrees C - 30 degrees C) are permitted.
In Case of Overdose: Contact your closest emergency animal hospital.
Is Prescription from a Vet Required? Yes
