[Dailydrool] Comfortis

[Elizabeth Lindsey]

I had our Elsinore at the vet again this afternoon for another B12  
shot for her lip warts. She's still got some, including the really,  
really big one that looks like an ugly bleached mole. He thinks she  
may need another shot next week. I think he's just selling me  
harmless B12 shots until the warts go away on their own. I told him  
that if she still has these warts next week I'm just going to start  
gathering the morning dew from the roses to see if that'll do a  
better job than the B12 seems to be doing so far.

While I was there, I asked him about the FDA warning that came out  
for Comfortis (http:..www.fda.gov/cvm/ComfortisSafety.htm). The  
warning said the FDA has been getting reports of "adverse reactions  
in dogs receiving the drug Comfortis (spinosad) concurrently with  
high, extra-label doses of the drug ivermectin." He said that giving  
a dog Comfortis and heartworm medicine isn't considered a high dose  
of ivermectin. According to him, sometimes people control worms by  
giving their dogs ivermectin every month. In that case, Comfortis  
could easily cause a problem because the amount of ivermectin needed  
to kill worms is high. So I'm feeling more comfortable with giving  
our Elsinore and young Charlie Comfortis and their monthly  
Interceptor. It seems to have killed Charlie's fleas when Frontline  
and Advantage didn't.

Elizabeth