Comprehensive Dog Guide to Iverhart Plus
Meet Internal Parasite Preventer: Iverhart Plus!
Iverhart Plus is a prescription-only dog medication that easily and effectively protects your dogs from internal parasitic worms - heartworm, hookworm, roundworm, and other parasites. Iverhart Plus is a monthly, pork-liver flavored chewable oral tablet that also prevents fatal heartworm disease.
How does Iverhart Plus work?
Iverhart Plus is a medication with two active ingredients - Ivermectin and Pyrantel Pamoate.
Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic agent that treats infections caused by roundworms, threadworms, and other parasites. Ivermectin stimulates the excessive release of neurotransmitters thus causing neurological damage which results in the parasite's paralysis and eventual death.
Pyrantel Pamoate is an anthelmintic (i.e., dewormer) that uses a unique paralysis effect against intestinal parasitic worms that attach themselves to the host's intestinal tract with its tiny teeth or suckers. The ingredient acts as a neuromuscular blocker to relax the parasite's grip, is paralyzed, and is effectively eliminated from its unaffected host.
How is Iverhart Plus administered?
Iverhart Plus pork-liver flavored chewable is administered orally once a month, on the same day of every month, all year round. Monitor that the entire chewable is swallowed. Determined by the dog's weight, a recommended box and dosage is administered. See the dosage chart below:
Dog's Weight (lbs.) | Color Box | Ivermectin (mg) | Pyrantel (mg) |
Iverhart Plus up to 25 lbs. | Blue | 68 | 57 |
Iverhart Plus 26 - 50 lbs. | Green | 136 | 114 |
Iverhart Plus 51 - 100 lbs.
| Brown | 272 | 227 |
What are the precautions of which you should be aware?
Every dog must take a mandatory test for heartworm disease before using Iverhart Plus or any preventative therapeutic program.
What are the side effects of Iverhart Plus for dogs of which you should be aware?
Iverhart Plus's most common adverse reactions reported are vomiting, lethargy, staggering, mydriasis, convulsions, hypersalivation, decreased appetite, and diarrhea.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between Iverhart Plus and Iverhart Max?
Both Iverharts contain Pyrantel and Ivermectin that prevent and kill hookworms, roundworms, and controls heartworms. Iverhart Max contains a third ingredient, Praziquantel, that is fatal for a fourth parasite - tapeworms.
Does Iverhart Plus kill fleas?
Iverhart Plus is labeled for heartworm prevention, roundworms, and hookworms.
What do Iverhart Plus reviews say?
Iverhart Plus reviews rate 4.5+ out of 5 stars. Most reviewers say that Iverhart Plus is accessible and effective for their furry best friend. A monthly flavored chewable protect their dog from fatal heartworms and its relative disease.
What is the difference between Iverhart Plus for large dogs and small dogs?
Just the major difference between the dosages of the two powerful active ingredients - Ivermectin and Pyrantel. Small dogs are given 68 mg of Ivermectin and 57 mg Pyrantel. Large dogs are given 272 mg of Ivermectin and 227 mg of Pyrantel.
Can I get Iverhart Plus without a prescription?
In the United States, purchasing heartworm preventive requires a prescription, according to the AHS (American Heartworm Society), which owners use to buy medication from their veterinarian or through a U.S. pharmacy.
Concluding Thoughts
The most important thing that you should know about Iverhart Plus is its motto every dog, everywhere, deserves protection from deadly heartworms!.
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