Ivermectin ???

[treeingratterrier]

[noelle]

I rotate mine from zimecterin gold paste... enough for a 200# horse... to 1/2 cc ivomec injectible cattle wormer...I had a couple older dogs that had heart worms when i got them and i gave them 1/2cc a week for 3 weeks as the vet instructed, 4 out of 5 died the other one is still kickin today and never showed anymore signs... I always assumed it had killed the worms and they clogged up and resulted in killing the dogs...mite have been wrong..although I would think a strong enough dose of ivomec over a period of time will kill them probably, or mayb not, but i imagine it has just as good a chance... if not  better...as anything else u can get. I have never found anything doccumenting that it kills adult heartworms and probably wont find anything definately proving it will (a) because its designed for livestock and not reccomended for dogs so not many studies would be publicized, and (b) if it was a cure for heartworms it wouldnt likely b published or the pet medicine industry would go outta business lol

[Reuben]

I have used levasole to cure 5 or 6 dogs of heartworms. One was sent home by the vet to die. She was pregnant and had intestinal worms and the heartworms were real bad. She looked and acted like a young pup after the treatment.

The treatment that the vets use is almost as bad as the heartworms and the dog can still die of liver and/or kidney failure.

I believe the active ingredient is "levamasole" and it used to be an alfalfa looking pill and now it is a yellow pill.

I got the recipe from a vet catalog and they almost lost their liscense to practice vet. medicine because of it not being FDA approved so the association claimed.

Recipe below:

Give a pill for each 40 lbs. of body weight once a day for 10 days.

No pills of the next 10 days


Give the pill a day for another 10 days

Rest the dog for 60 days as the worms will die off and any harsh excercise could cause too many worms to break away too soon and cause a stroke or heart attack.

If the dog weighs 20 pounds break the pill in half

if it weighs 60 pounds give 1.5 pills etc. etc.

This treatment is very safe with minor side effects if any.

[Reuben]

I rotate mine from zimecterin gold paste... enough for a 200# horse... to 1/2 cc ivomec injectible cattle wormer...I had a couple older dogs that had heart worms when i got them and i gave them 1/2cc a week for 3 weeks as the vet instructed, 4 out of 5 died the other one is still kickin today and never showed anymore signs... I always assumed it had killed the worms and they clogged up and resulted in killing the dogs...mite have been wrong..although I would think a strong enough dose of ivomec over a period of time will kill them probably, or mayb not, but i imagine it has just as good a chance... if not  better...as anything else u can get. I have never found anything doccumenting that it kills adult heartworms and probably wont find anything definately proving it will (a) because its designed for livestock and not reccomended for dogs so not many studies would be publicized, and (b) if it was a cure for heartworms it wouldnt likely b published or the pet medicine industry would go outta business lol

100% x2...

I believe ivomec kills the heart worms in a dog but it would take away a major part of a vets income if it were researched and approved...

I treated a pitbull with a mega dose of Zimecterin and he seemed to be dying with a heart attack or a stroke about 2 hours later and I crushed an aspirin and gave it to him and in 30 minutes he was up and moving around...

[noelle]

ya im 99% sure it does...but its not doccumented so cant be 100% but i rarely believe what i hear or read these days anyway... it kills all worms, mange, red mange, fleas, healthy coat... put a insecticide cow ear tag on the collar and keep the flies and gnats off... happy dogs and a cheap " cure all " = a happy owner lmao... but seriously you cant expect any vet to put theirself out of an easy job by tellin you to use it instead of a high dollar treatment... its all personal preference in the end

[treeingratterrier]

I have used levasole to cure 5 or 6 dogs of heartworms. One was sent home by the vet to die. She was pregnant and had intestinal worms and the heartworms were real bad. She looked and acted like a young pup after the treatment.

The treatment that the vets use is almost as bad as the heartworms and the dog can still die of liver and/or kidney failure.

I believe the active ingredient is "levamasole" and it used to be an alfalfa looking pill and now it is a yellow pill.

I got the recipe from a vet catalog and they almost lost their liscense to practice vet. medicine because of it not being FDA approved so the association claimed.

Recipe below:   
 Ruben that is exactly what we used down here to cure dogs eat up with heartworms, i posted a link but it did not apear for some reason, Levalsole is not sold in pill form anymore but in liquid
Give a pill for each 40 lbs. of body weight once a day for 10 days.

No pills of the next 10 days


Give the pill a day for another 10 days

Rest the dog for 60 days as the worms will die off and any harsh excercise could cause too many worms to break away too soon and cause a stroke or heart attack.

If the dog weighs 20 pounds break the pill in half

if it weighs 60 pounds give 1.5 pills etc. etc.

This treatment is very safe with minor side effects if any.   

[bighogtexasstyle]

give him a old penny in a piece of bread seven days in a row what a old coonhunter told me back in 1993 lol.i had a dog they diagnosed with heartworms in 1996 said he wouldnt make the year.i give him a cc of ivermectin was laying on the end of his chain the next morning i thought he was dead on closer inspection he was breathing barely he layed their in the same place for three days shallow breathing in what was like a coma i poured water down him and on the third day i come in and he was up walking around.called dvm milton theil in livingston tx asked him what he could do for ole p.d.burks he told me nothing youve done it just give him half a cc from here on out. he lived till june 11 2001 died at twelve years old.he never coughed again after he came out of his coma,found a bunch of hogs with him up until april of 2001.i dont which is better or which is worse i do know the vet aint gonna tell you the whole truth just like a cardiologist wont.i say try what you can because bottom line is he has the last name''HOG DOG'',and he got a very short life expectancy be careful how much money you spend on him cause its most likely a loss.dont get to attached cause the right ole rooter hog will put him out of buissness.
you can spend thousands and still not have a damn thing.the best or the ones you raise train and hunt yourself.just saying

[noelle]

All i can say is Well said big boy!!! Lol 

[Rowdy]

Can you give it to a GSP and an English Pointer

[noelle]

I have a Gsp male and gyp and I worm them with it...

[Peachcreek]

i have given two doses to rusty my gsp and he has not complained yet

[Jester896]

Can you give it to a GSP and an English Pointer

greyhound and collie breeds are the only one you can't give it to i think

[Bayedtight]

Do not give it ivomec if it has heart worms. It will be dead the next day if it has heartworms and you give it ivomec.

[noelle]

Do not give it ivomec if it has heart worms. It will be dead the next day if it has heartworms and you give it ivomec.

This is just not true at all. Many factors play a role in whether or not it kills the dog such as how bad the worms are and how much u give them. And in my experience in giving it to dogs with heart worms if it kills them its a pretty fast process not a day later. As established on the first page it is what the vet prescribes for heartworms so....

[cantexduck]

Have treated one dog that had heartworms with low dose of Ivermectin. Slow process but 18 months later he was given a clean bill of heath. Not my dog but my mother in laws golden.

[slimhogdog]

Can you give it to a GSP and an English Pointer

greyhound and collie breeds are the only one you can't give it to i think

Just curious why does it kill greyhounds and collies?