Heartworm Medication - Preventative

What if tomorrow your best friend died? Not only did he die it was your fault. If only you would have given him heartworm medication. But since this is today and tomorrow has not yet arrived you can save your friend and I am going to tell you the benefits of preventative heartworm medication.

Every year thousands of dogs fall prey to a painful, devastating, yet preventable illness known as heartworm disease. Heartworms have been found in pets in 50 states, and the number of incidence is growing faster than most people realize.

Heartworms are detectable through a simple blood test taken at your vets office. However, the test cannot detect the worms until they have matured. A heartworm is introduced into your dog’s body through the bite of an infected mosquito. The heartworm then grows to maturity in about 7 months. Left untreated the heartworms grow and multiply, moving into the right side chambers of the heart and the arteries leading to the lungs.

Your friend may not show symptoms of his disease for a year after being infected. His first symptom may be a simple cough that you easily dismiss. You may notice that the cough is growing worse and your friend becomes easily exhausted after light exercise. At this point you may notice weight loss, the cough now includes blood, breathing has become very labored, your friend is now in respiratory distress and heart failure is very near.

Now it’s too late to save your friend. He will never again fetch a ball, or greet you at the door, or lavish you with unselfish love. He is gone. Too bad that you didn’t see just how easily you could have saved him from this suffering. If only you would have given him a preventative heartworm medication.

Heartgard

Heartgard is considered the most tasty preventative heartworm chewables. In addition to controlling heartworms, it also rids your dog of roundworms and hookworms.
It is given only once per month.

How it works:
Heartgard Plus contains ivermectin, a broad-spectrum antiparasitic medication used to prevent heartworms. Heartgard Plus also contains Pyrantel Pamoate, an anthelminthic, used to prevent roundworms and hookworms.

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