Our expert panel consists of licensed veterinarians and the knowledgeable staff of PetMed Express, Inc. I give this product an overall rating of a 4, with a taste of 4 and ease of use of a 5. A wonderful benefit over topical parasite control measures is that by combining all of the wonderful ingredients into a pill formulation prevents exposure of the humans in the household to chemical pesticide residues. I have also seen occasional pet vomit on this product, which is usually avoided by giving with a meal. Adult fleas still may bite your dog, which may cause allergic dermatitis in some sensitive animals. The only down side to this product in my experience and opinion is that it does not kill or repel fleas, but breaks the flea life cycle by preventing adult fleas from laying eggs, as well as killing the eggs. That is a wonderful benefit of this product, along with the tastiest beef flavored tablet. That is 6 types of parasites controlled with one pill. There is an outstanding new comprehensive internal and external parasite control product called sentinel spectrum, which combines 3 excellent worming medications that treat and prevent a wide variety of parasites from heartworms, intestinal worms ranging from tapeworms to whipworms, as well as controlling flea infestations. The biggest disadvantage to this product is that it only kills adult fleas, but this problem is easily circumvented by combining it with the Program product. Another wonderful advantage of this product is its safety in administering it to pregnant or nursing dogs, who can often be a big source of fleas to their nursing puppies or kittens. I have used it up to once daily in flea infested animals, but more commonly I use it once or twice weekly during flea transmission season along with the once monthly Program product. I have rarely seen any side effects in my clinical experience in using this product. It does not leave pesticide residue on the pet or in the home, and when combined with its sister product Program, offers an excellent non-pesticidal alternative for all around flea control to topical pesticides that some clients are concerned about. This is a wonderful quick kill short duration flea adulticide that begins killing adult fleas within 30 minutes. We never had a problem with fleas, none of the other animals got fleas, it was a miracle. I gave my sister one of the cap star flea tablets to give to 'Cutie Face' as a safety measure prior to bringing her into my step Moms home. If the pet gets reinfested with fleas you can safely give another. I was worried that the outside cat might bring fleas with her to share with all of the other animals. ![]() ![]() Milbemycin oxime, lufenuron, and praziquantel. How to Use: A single dose of Capstar (nitenpyram) should kill the adult fleas on the pet. The safety of Sentinel Spectrum has not been evaluated in dogs used for breeding or in lactating females. Capstar is a short term treatment to get rid of heavy flea infestation and it is meant to work for 24 hours only. Waterproof (shampooing once a week can reduce effectiveness) Protects against heartworms, fleas, roundworms, hookworms, whipworms and tapeworms.
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