Advantage (imidacloprid) for Lice
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- Little Jo Wheek
UPDATE:
Bayer is planning to release imidacloprid (Advantage) with moxidectin added this year. From what I've found, they will be calling it Advocate in the US. It has been available in Canada for some time as Advantage Multi.
They are marketing it aggressively against the superproduct Revolution (selamectin), since it prevents heartworm disease, sarcoptic mange, etc. as does this new product. Please use great caution as moxidectin has been implicated in many toxicities in the past in other species and was pulled off the shelves as ProHeart6 (the injectable heartworm prevention for dogs) a few years back.
If you will be using imidacloprid for lice in cavies, please make sure you have the PLAIN Advantage and not the new product.
Bayer Website Press Release
GL Alert Thread '07
Bayer is planning to release imidacloprid (Advantage) with moxidectin added this year. From what I've found, they will be calling it Advocate in the US. It has been available in Canada for some time as Advantage Multi.
They are marketing it aggressively against the superproduct Revolution (selamectin), since it prevents heartworm disease, sarcoptic mange, etc. as does this new product. Please use great caution as moxidectin has been implicated in many toxicities in the past in other species and was pulled off the shelves as ProHeart6 (the injectable heartworm prevention for dogs) a few years back.
If you will be using imidacloprid for lice in cavies, please make sure you have the PLAIN Advantage and not the new product.
Bayer Website Press Release
GL Alert Thread '07
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- Little Jo Wheek
Another update, Bayer has updated their products with the addition of an IGR called pyriproxyfen.
http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/he ... -pets.aspx
At this point, since Advantage is no longer plain imidicloprid, and until further studies are done with pyriproxyfen in small animals, I NO LONGER RECOMMEND ADVANTAGE used in this way for lice. There are other, more reliable products, and ivermectin's safety record endures the test of time.
http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/he ... -pets.aspx
At this point, since Advantage is no longer plain imidicloprid, and until further studies are done with pyriproxyfen in small animals, I NO LONGER RECOMMEND ADVANTAGE used in this way for lice. There are other, more reliable products, and ivermectin's safety record endures the test of time.