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Originally Posted by Sugar's Mom  The only thing I can ad is please don't use flea medicine on your pregnant girl no matter how safe the vet says it is. I did that once and lost my puppy. It was born deformed and dead. It was found to be from the flea medicine. |
You have that right Dee, this is from Frontline research.....
Carcinogen: The U.S. EPA classifies fipronil as a carcinogenic because exposure to fiproni caused benign and malignant thyroid tumore in lab. animals. Thyroid cancer,
Organ damage: Altered thyroid hormones, increased organ weights, liver toxicity
Neorotoxin:Loss of appetite, underactivity, convulsions, whining, barking, crying
(vocalization), body twitches/tremors, overactivity, salivation, stiffened limbs,
unsteady gait, incoordination, labored breathing.
Reproductive damage: Reduced fertility, decreased litter size and body weights in litters, fetus mortality.
Skin problems: Skin sloughing, chemical burns, itching, hair loss at and beyond application site.
In tests with lab. animals fipronil caused aggressive behavior, damaged kidneys, and " drastic alterations in thyroid function". A fipronil manufacturer sponsored a study in which rats were fed fipronil for their expected lifetime ( two years) . The study found signs of neurotoxicicity, including aggressive behavior, at all dose levels.
Acute symptoms of headache, nausea, and abdominal and lumbar pain are associated with carbitol, one of the “inert” ingredients in Frontline. According to the MSDS, carbitol induced these symptoms in laboratory settings. Curiously, these potential side effects are not published in the literature accompanying the products, nor do many veterinarians know the dangers. But there are numerous anecdotal reports from veterinarians in the U.S. and the U.K. of dogs who were treated
with spot-on products who have displayed signs of neurological damage, such as depression,lethargy, convulsions, underactivity, tremors, overactivity, stiffened limbs and lameness.