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Hi Everyone�?the following message is from a very good friend. If you don't have a pet, please pass this on to anyone you know you may have a cat or dog....very important.
This is Jo and this is a very important message to my family & friends who have dogs—cats--and to alert you to the hazard of using a new Flea & Tick Preventative called ProMeris http://www.promeris.com/consumer/ .
This is a new product designed to be a more effective product than other flea/tick treatments that was just released this year. It is available thru a vet and not currently on-line. I got ProMeris this week for my 7 dogs (6 Huskies & 1 Golden-Airedale), and the results were debilitating for nearly all of them—including me. Since my incident this week, my vet has pulled it from distribution and alerted the manufacturer, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fort Dodge</st1:City></st1:place>.
Here are my results:
Within less than 2 hours after applying, 4 of my dogs had vomited from 2-4 times, 3 were disoriented and stumbling, 1 was dragging his back leg, 1 was salivating. I had very similar symptoms like an allergic reaction—my lips were swollen, eyes very red, mucous membranes such as eyes, nose, and mouth were stinging. I was very disoriented—dizzy equilibrium and not able to drive. To make this a short story—all 7 of my dogs were admitted to the hospital for veterinarian care, and 3 of them remained for care, IV fluids and observation for 24 hours. I was in the emergency room. I'm home now and so are the dogs. We're all feeling much better. Vet bills were over $2,500 and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fort Dodge</st1:City></st1:place> is paying for these. Not only can the product cause this reaction, it has a highly noxious odor that permeated the house and is just starting to dissipate after 3 days.
Your dogs/cats might not have the same reaction, but given my experience—I wanted to help you all become well-educated about the product.
Cathy R. Crockett, President
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Pickett</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Humane Society
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Byrdstown</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Tennessee</st1:State></st1:place>
'A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal.' - Proverbs 12:10
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- this is doing the rounds and it may
well not be true - no one knows who Jo is and Ft
Dodge is looking into this - there is no proof
that they are indeed forking out 2500$$ hang on
to this post till snopes says it has been proven
- I talked to the reps today and they say there
is no foundation for this post - |
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Do you think because FT Dodge was involved with a heart worm (I think) med/shot that caused trouble, someone just wants to cause them a problem?
Wasn't it the 6 month shot?
I changed Ginger's heart worm to new one and cheaper. Jury still out on if problem because she is strange anyway. Won't eat "tasty chewable" pills.
Jo-Ann
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Cathleen, Thank you for contacting us about the ProMeris story. According to Snopes, a leader in the research of Urban Legends, the validity of the email circulating about ProMeris is "undetermined." From Snopes.com:
It is difficult to determine at this time whether such anecdotal reports indicate a serious general problem with ProMeris. Just about any product used with animals, no matter how generally safe, can produce adverse reactions in some cases due to misuse (i.e., misapplication or overdose) or unusual sensitivity to one or more ingredients in individual animals. Moreover, the safety studies conducted for ProMeris found no significant problems with either cats or dogs, even when the animals were given repeated topical applications of five times the recommended dosage. The studies tend to indicate that most of the symptoms described in accounts such as the one quoted above are likely reactions stemming from treated animals' ingesting the product (generally by licking themselves) after application. (ProMeris, like many such products, is deliberately formulated to be unpalatable in order to prevent such accidental ingestion.)
ProMeris is aware of these reports, and their representative veterinarian, Dr. Tom Linz, said "a group of veterinarians in the company handle these adverse events when people call in and we investigate them thoroughly to make sure it is the product and it's not a concurrent product or something else going on."
Last updated: 14 April 2008
The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/promeris.asp
Dogster is very interested to find any and all precise details. Other than the email which is presently circulating (and which we already have copies of), please do pass along any additional news coverage you happen to find on this story. Again, thank you for contacting us. Woofs! & Tail Wags! -watch dog- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dogster & Catster: where no one knows you're a human dogster.com / catster.com |
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JoAnn: I don't know, but since the whole "tainted dog food recall" incident I'm going to err on the side of caution. Yes, that was a six month shot, seemed sort of like a "high" dose, and with my Basenjis I have to be careful with all sorts of chemicals (lawn, cleaning supplies etc...), because they're like cats and clean themselves, each other, and any dog in what they consider "their" pack. I just don't want to take any chances, and since that whole dog food recall last year, I haven't bought any of the canned dog or cat food brands that were recalled.... No way I'm I going to risk losing another one of my beloved companions before it's their time to cross the  bridge. I'm still dealing with Charlie (my Basenji named in honor of my Dad), who is up to 36 units of Insulin twice a day... I believe that she has developed the diabetes because of the tainted food.... but we'll never know. I know it's not hereditary in her line, because her brother, daughter, mother, and aunt (that I own) do not have it; and none of the dogs in her 10 generations have been/or ever were diagnosed with diabetes. |
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