Comments on Reason #3 to Fire Your Vet: Ignoring Trifexis Side Effects

Our dog Kooper was on Trifexis for 8 months. He was a beautiful cocker spaniel and was healthy. I switched to Trifexis bc we had a young child and I didn't like the chemicals on his back from Revolution. I wish I had known then what I know now. On Easter weekend Kooper stopped eating, so unlike him, and was sleeping all day away from the family. I took him to the vet Monday morning and later that day got the ca that his liver enzymes were elevated. I started giving him food to support his liver and supplements. Within a week he was bloated. Back to the vet where they took a liter of fluid out of his stomach. It was back the next morning. He was in complete liver failure. He died two days after and I have no doubt the Trifexis did this. I've reported it to the vet and online. I'm angry bc I made the decision to use that crap on him.
We have a new dog who is chemical free. My moms new dog is as well. Kooper is missed dearly but he taught us many beautiful lessons.

How can we prevent fleas? Nobody is sharing what works & what doesn't. This is Austin /Cedar Park Texas. Fleas are everywhere!
We live in a world where everyone wants to make a dollar. But nobody wants to help.

I dont give my dogs drugs. Too risky.
Back in October (in AZ) we had a major tick problem. I pulled about 10-15 off my 8 lb dog. All were very tiny, and while attached, had not filled with any blood yet. I cleaned all the wounds with colloidal silver. So far I havent seen any side effects from the ticks - and we sprayed our yard with Wondercide and they *seem* to be gone! NEVER had a tick issue in the 4 years we lived here :( We believe a stray dog we found brought them on and it has been hell to get rid of them. I am hoping my dogs dont get any tick-borne illness.
PS. I know you have talked about raw diet, but could you sometime post a "basic menu"? I know a lot of people would like to know your thoughts on this. I of course follow prey model raw and my dogs LOVE It!

I let my vet convince me that my two toy poodles needed Revolution. We were going camping and although I should have known better, I wanted to protect my sweet 7 pound friends. The camping trip went sour fast, and if I had not found an amazing holistic vet, I'm not sure the tiny male would have survived. He could barely get out of bed and was having tremors and seizure like episodes. Never, ever again!

Raw, titer, drug free here as well. So grateful for all your Info that will help keep our kids healthy for many years. 2 Pem Corgis.

Never had a problem with Triflexis because I've never used it. Had a very poorly girl after giving her Advantix 5 years ago. Now all raw fed and chemical free. 6 dogs

Many years ago I took my one year old Collie in for a heartworm test. That is the test not treatment. I have never given heartworm medication to my dogs. They took her in the back room without me and a few minutes later brought her back and said when they expected to get the results. Oh by the way, they told me they also gave her the 6-month heartworm injection. This was without consulting me and without getting the results of the test. Collies are so sensitive to these toxins, however she did not get ill. Her test came back negative. I do feel that although subtle she never had the vibrant health of her litter sister that I had also kept from this litter. She died a couple of weeks after her 12th birthday. Her litter sister lived another year and a half. Lila

Just finished the 5th summer of no heart worm drugs. I follow your protocol Dr. Will. We (dogs) are all heart worm free and healthy.

Nice article Dr Falconer! I have stopped using Advantix for a while and have been using Tickless bug repellent spray. I just recently stopped giving the HeartGard, it's the first month I haven't given it to her. I was told I don't need it when it's cold, unless the temp is above 67 degrees, and that when the spring comes, to revisit my options. But I already feed a raw diet, give lots of exercise, keep stress levels low, stopped chemical flea/tick products and reduced household chemical products such as cleaners for bowls and beds. I really hope she doesn't get worms. I have given her a couple teaspoons of raw organic crushed up pumpkin seeds in her food here and there which i read is a natural dewormer. also stopping vaccines and doing titers. thank you!!

Our sweet baby Nevah was killed by this drug. Let me tell you a little about her... She was a bottle baby, her mother didn't produce the milk she needed. She was also handicapped, she had a fused elbow, but trust me that did not stop her. She spent 99% of her 3 yrs of life in the lap of my Husband. She didn't get in the floor and play with the other dogs.. The only thing she would eat was dog food. She would not touch human food at all. The only time she went outside was to potty. She slept in a pack and play in our room. She was current on all shots and was in perfect health. We started giving her Trifexis when she was 6 months old. We didn't see any problems. She is now 3 yrs. old. We gave her the dose of this stuff as we always did right along with the other dogs. 4 days after she woke me up by barking as she had never done, when I got out of bed I walked to her, she was having a seizer. I got dressed and took her right then to the vet. On the way there with my friend holding her she had another seizer. It took me about 10 minutes to get to the vets office, while signing her in and filling out her paper work, she had another seizer, so they took her on to the back. The Dr. came and put me and my friend in a room and said to us that it was a toxicity, she said that she would run tests and cultures to see what was going on. ALL of those tests came back normal. Her blood was fine, all of her organs were functioning as they should, there were no physical signs of why she was, disoriented, not able to stand, she couldn't even hold her head up. All of this happened overnight. She stayed at the vets office over night, so they could treat and try to flush toxins from her body. the vet called the next day and said that she had a rough night but she could possibly go home at about 2pm. We went to visit with her at about 11am, she was drowsy from the meds, she seemed ok. I called to see if we were still to pick her up at 2pm, the vet then told me that she had more seizers back to back and started convulsing and they couldn't bring her out of it and she passed at 1:30 that day. The vet had run more tests after and still no signs of any other reason for her death but the Trifexis. She wants me to inform her of any class action suits that may come up because, she had just had another dog come in, in the same condition as our baby... R.I.P our Sugarbaby Nevah...

Thanks for this Dr. Will! Do you see the same problems with Comfortis? I cannot remember which one we tried with our dogs when we had a terrible flea infestation and all my cedar spray/nemotodes/ bathing, washing wasn't beating it but I gave it to everyone. They all seemed fine but I swear that our small dog developed some ear issues and a month later she was stone deaf. She had not had problems with hearing before but she was sensitive to the topical flea drops and I had stopped using them on her. I always wondered if there was any correlation. I haven't given it to them since.

Greetings Drs. Falconer & Blanco,
Another great article as usual.
However, IMHO it would be much better [it's not too late] to change the title to "Reason #3 to Fire Your Vet: Selling Trifexis or any Flea / Heartworm Pesticdes"!
Pet parents who are not in the know will think that switching to another poison pesticide, as Whitney does "I think we’re going to go the Heartguard (sic) route" is the safe, right thing to do and we know it's certainly definitely not!
How were pet parents EVER led to believe by BigPharmaMafia and unethical / unknowlegeable veterinarians that giving their pets neurotoxic, carcinogenic poisonous chemical pesticides for heartworm / fleas / worms in the form of pills, topical applications, collars or injections whose active ingredients are sensitizers and irritants that cause seizures, terminal cancer, terminal auto-immune disease, terminal neurological disorders, reproductive and birth defects and terminal liver and kidney disease in people and animals which may include ProHeart 6, Revolution, Bayer Advantage, Bayer Advantage II, Bayer K9 Advantix II, Hartz UltraGuard Pro, Hartz UltraGuard Plus, Hartz First Defense, Bravecto, Bayer Seresto, Interceptor, Heartgard, Parastar, Parastar Plus, Pentagon, Parastar, Parastar Plus, Heartgard Plus; Tri-Heart Plus, Vectra 3D, Capstar, Sentinel, Frontline, Safe-Guard, Trifexis, NexGard, Comfortis, Zodiac, Prowormer, Nemex 2, Droncit, Drontal Plus, Roger Biduk - FDA Approved Poison ScullPanacur, Heartgard Chewables, Iverhart Plus, Iverhart, Zimectrin or Advantage Multi among others is the safe and right thing to do...?