Revolution: Treating Your Pet For Ticks and Various Parasites This Spring

Pet owners now have an better option to safely treat their cats and dogs from a variety of ailments including mites, ticks, fleas, heartworms, and intestinal worms. The product called Revolution provides all of this is an easy to use, monthly topical available at veterinary clinics across the country.

Pfizer Animal Health has created Revolution to help pet owners in the administering of critical preventative medications. Many pet owners understand how hard it can be to remember the monthly heartworm pill, plus the flea and tick preventative. Missing a dose can not only bring a flea infestation but can also put your pet at risk of a deadly heartworm infestation. Now, with Revolution, there is just one medication to remember to cover everything!

Revolution utilizes Selamectin to kill and prevent parasites. Selamectin works to control multiple parasites in a relatively safe manner with few side effects in comparison to other solutions. Even Ivermectin sensitive Collies demonstrated an ability to handle the product well in test studies, which was great news for Collie owners. Collies are one of the breeds that are very sensitive to Ivermection, which is present in many heartworm medications, and some Collies have even died after exposure to products containing Ivermectin.

What are a few of the positives of a product like Revolution compared to other products?

1. Revolution is more cost efficient than many of the other products available. When you figure the cost of having to purchase separate heartworm and flea and tick medication, Revolution is a great deal.

2. Revolution is so easy to use! You can purchase either a 3 month or 6 month supply of small tubes filled with the liquid. You simply spread the hair near your pet抯 shoulder area and apply the liquid directly there. That抯 it! There are no pills to worry about whether your pet (especially cats) will willingly take, plus you are also supplied with stickers to put on your calendar to remember the next month抯 treatment.

3. Revolution has shown to be quite safe for most animals during test studies. Even at levels above the normal dosing, dogs and cats overwhelmingly responded without adverse effects. Test studies also indicated that the product was safe if your dog or cat accidentally ingested it.

4. The product simply covers more things in one product than any other. It makes it easy to remember to give. Simply put a sticker on the calendar or make a note in the Palm Pilot or Blackberry, and you抮e finished. Here are the parasites that are covered by Revolution:

For Dogs:

Controls fleas: More than 98% of fleas were killed within just 36 hours when tested in a clinical study. In addition, dogs that had existing flea dermatitis allergies showed improvement with Revolution.

Controls the American Dog Tick, responsible for spreading Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Heartworm Prevention: Works to prevent all infestations of heartworm; pet cannot already have heartworm present so a blood test must be completed prior to beginning treatment

Ear Mite treatment: Works to effectively rid your dog of ear mites and prevent future instances

Sarcoptic Mange: Revolution assists in the treatment of sarcoptic mange by killing the mites responsible.

For Cats:

Revolution has the same benefits of flea and tick prevention in cats as it does dogs. Similar to dogs, it also works to eliminate ear mites and prevent heartworms. There is one advantage for cats: worm removal. Revolution works very well to remove and control intestinal hookworms and roundworms.

5. Lastly, in some cases, Revolution might be the ideal method. For example, in the German Shepherd Dog that exhibits Degenerative Myelopathy, a disease that correlates to diseases like ALS and MS in people, Revolution has preliminarily been shown by some researchers to be better for the dog抯 health than other products. Of course, this is preliminary research and all breeds are different, but Ivermectin sensitive dogs also benefit from a product such as Revolution.

Revolution is a wonderful product with many added benefits and advantages. For the average pet owner, it is certainly worth taking a closer look at! Contact your veterinarian for more details.