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Tick Medication Helps Treat Fleas Too

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Frontline Plus for dog and cat: Effective medication for killing ticks

Whether it is the Frontline Plus for cat or the one meant for dog, both of them are extremely fast, effective as well as a convenient treatment for controlling ticks as well as fleas in you dogs and cats.As for killing ticks, Frontline Plus stops as well as prevents all stages of the deer ticks (a major carrier of Lyme disease), the Lone Star Tick, the Brown Dog tick, the American Dog tick etc. Not only that, Frontline Plus also prevents re-infestations of these ticks. Ticks are more of a hazard because they tend to carry and transmit serious in your pets even you are at a risk of developing some of them.

As for the fleas, Frontline Plus for dog and cat prevents their infestations as well as kills the adult fleas, larvae and the eggs. It works against fleas the same way as works against the ticks i.e. by preventing them from fully developing thereby killing them so that they do not cause serious diseases like flea allergy dermatitis.

Frontline Plus for cat and dog: Ingredients

The two main ingredients in Frontline Plus are fipronil and S-methoprene. The latter is an insect growth regulator that interrupts as well as inhibits the life cycle of the parasites. When they are exposed to this insect growth regulator, they will never get to fully develop into an adult and in terms of the flea a lot of biting, jumping and reproduction of more fleas will be reduced drastically and aids in killing ticks. Fipronil is a broad spectrum insecticide and an effective tick medication that collects in the oils of your pet’s skin as well as hair follicles. It continues to be released from the hair follicles into the skin and the coat. This results in an effective flea and tick control so as to provide a long lasting activity against ticks and fleas.

Frontline Plus for dog and cat: Ingredients



  • Kills all ticks as well as chewing lice.

  • Kills all of the existing fleas within a day.

  • Prevents infestations as well as re-infestations of fleas, ticks and chewing lice for up to 30 days.

  • Provides protection against Lyme disease.

  • Skin allergies are reduced to great extent since flea bites are also reduced to great extent.



Thus, you see that a tick medication like Frontline Plus can also kill fleas effectively as well. Try it out once; you will definitely see the difference.


The two main ingredients in Frontline Plus are fipronil and S-methoprene. The latter is an insect growth regulator that interrupts as well as inhibits the life cycle of the parasites. When they are exposed to this insect growth regulator, they will never get to fully develop into an adult and in terms of the flea a lot of biting, jumping and reproduction of more fleas will be reduced drastically and aids in killing ticks. Fipronil is a broad spectrum insecticide and an effective tick medication that collects in the oils of your pet’s skin as well as hair follicles. It continues to be released from the hair follicles into the skin and the coat. This results in an effective flea and tick control so as to provide a long lasting activity against ticks and fleas.