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Sentinel Flavor Tabs for Dogs
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Category:
Prescription Pet Meds
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SENTINEL Flavor Tabs are the only monthly preventive medicine that protects against heartworm and fleas as well as intestinal parasites including roundworm, whipworm and hookworm. Administration of this product is easy, neat and effective. Just one simple pill each month will actually keep your pet protected year round without any messy application or worries of nasty chemicals getting on furniture and carpet in your home.
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Active Ingredients
First, be aware that the U.S. Federal law has deemed this drug for use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian. This means it is available by prescription only from your veterinarian.
The two active ingredients found in
Sentinel Flavor Tabs are milbemycin oxime and lufenuron. Each tablet is formulated to provide a minimum of 0.23 mg/lb (0.5 mg/kg) of milbemycin oxime and 4.55 mg/lb (10 mg/kg) body weight of lufenuron.
Milbemycin oxime is the ingredient used to aid in protecting your pet against heartworm larvae as well as the adult stage of hookworm, whipworm and roundworm infestations.
As with other heartworm preventives, Novartis suggests your pet as well as other animals in the home must be tested for heartworm prior to using SENTINEL Flavor Tabs.
Lufenuron, the second active ingredient, inhibits insect development by breaking the flea life cycle, stopping egg development. While lufenuron has no effect on the adult flea, should your dog be bitten, the female flea ingests a blood meal containing lufenuron which acts on her eggs. Lufenuron is designed to break the life cycle and control flea populations by preventing most flea eggs from hatching or maturing into adults. Since this medication does not kill adult fleas, should an infestation occur prior to use, insecticides may be necessary to bring adult populations under control.
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Side effects of Sentinel Flavor Tabs
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The manufacturer recommends giving your dog SENTINEL Flavor Tabs immediately after or with a regular meal. This product is for use in dogs and puppies, four weeks of age and older and with a body weight of two pounds or greater. Both milbemycin oxime and lufenuron have been clinically tested in a variety of breeds as well as pregnant females, breeding males and females, and puppies.
Despite all the testing done on this product and it's active ingredients, on occasion some side effects may occur including: vomiting, depression/lethargy, pruritus, urticaria, diarrhea, anorexia, skin congestion, ataxia, convulsions, hypersalivation and weakness. Our experience after nearly six years of use with this product have never produced any of the above mentioned effects.
For flea protection, it should be noted that noticeable control of existing adult populations may take several weeks, up to 30 to 60 days. In those cases where infestation has already occurred, it may be necessary to treat with other methods to eliminate current adult populations. For flea protection in areas where mosquitoes and fleas are seasonal, begin treatment at least one month prior and continue until the season's end. We have opted to use this product all year long for continued protection.
Always store this product in a dry place at controlled room temperature, between 59 and 86°F (15-30°C).
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