Advocate dog medication is composed of two active ingredients known as imidacloprid and moxidectin. These ingredients are non-carcinogenic, non-mutagenic and non-teratogenic. This medication can be safely applied at the pregnancy. Advocate is recommended for animals such as dogs and cats. This medication contains different level of ingredient for dog as compared to cats. This drug is given to the species depending upon the efficacy and behavior of the drug. This medication is effective while administrated for the treatment particularly the mite infections and GI nematodes. No side effect is shown in this field while treating with this medication. It is successfully applied in rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets and rodents but this no proper researched has been done in small mammals.
How should I give this medication to my pet?
The dosage of this medication should be given as suggested by the veterinary doctor. Do not expose Advocate (blue) medication in heat, light and moisture always keep in dry and cool place. Check the direction give in the label of the medication. Do not skip the medication. Make a regular timing for giving this medicine to the animals. This medication will effectively function for longer duration once it is applied to the animal.
What are the possible side effects of this drug?
There are no major serious side effects of Advocate cat Drug. Studies conducted in the cats and dogs shows that the orally administration of this medication cause minor side effects such as vomiting, formation saliva while administrated in the cat, anorexia problem in some of the dogs. If this mediation is applied directly on cats or dogs accidentally there might be a problem to achieve required ingestion. If this medication is applied on more than one area of the infection, the dog can lick the area but it is not that serious problem as the medication get absorbed within an hour my the dogs.
What precautions should be followed while using Adovocate in pets?
Do not bathe the animal before the 90 minutes while treating with Advocate with this medication to the animals or else it will decrease the effect of this medication though mild grooming with shampoo does not really decrease the effectiveness of this mediation but applying of keratolytic or degresing shampoos may have adverse effects. Do not give this medication to the cat excessively for it will sure lead to sever side effect and could possibly harm the cat.
