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We wanted to let everyone know of a great travesty that happened to our family. Anyone that knows us,know we have 2 dogs in our family and at one time we had three. We love our pets and they mean the world to us! April and Jeanne
Jeanne: I only wish I had known how deadly ProHeart 6 is. My vet had an advertising message on his phone where you would hold and advertisements played from in the office. Rocky and I went in the office for pet food, a well check up, and it was time for his heartworm medicines. The vet mentioned the CONVENIENCE of using Proheart 6 and how it enabled keeping Rocky protected without missing any doses for 6 months. Rocky was only 6 months old and weighed in that dreadful day at 67lbs. He was in perfect health, happy, beautiful and loving.
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April: On that day, around 9 AM, my mother took our Boxer mix to the vet in Bernardsville, whom we know and trust. Rocky, a lively, happy, rambunctious puppy, went in for his checkup and was fine! The vet asked my mother if he had been on Heartguard and mother said not yet because he was a puppy. Then the vet recommended that they try a new shot called ProHeart 6, which is one injection heartworms and it last for six months instead of having to give them the regular monthly pill.
At 10:24 AM Rocky went into anaphylactic shock from the shot and was in very critical condition at the specialty hospital in Little Falls. The Proheart 6 made him vomit and hemorrhage so badly that he bled for almost 6 hours. The doctors told us he had a 50/50 chance of surviving.
Jeanne: They took Rocky in the back for the injection of ProHeart 6. This was the ONLY injection or medication that he was given. When they brought him back in to me, less than 5 minutes later, he threw up and then he collapsed. His eyes had rolled back, and he looked as if he was dead! (with the exception that he was panting heavily and fast). Rocky’s heart was beating so hard and fast I thought it would explode. My vet shrugged it off as excitement..... but I said this is not just excitement..... he is practically comatose. When he looked at Rocky, he became so surprised then took him in the back. Within less than 7 minutes Rocky started having diarrhea and my vet said it was just that. Just diarrhea...but it wasn't, it was feces mixed with blood. Rocky's body proceeded to hemorrhage from his digestive tract, both though his rectum and by throwing up blood.
Poor Rocky could barely hold his eyes open. He was gasping for air, and would pant, then make a sound like when you have a cramp, then pant again. The vet could not stop the bleeding or the hyperactivity of the heart and lungs and he lost 2 pints of blood. After 1.5 hours he concluded, (after administering benadryl, iv, and I can't remember what else,) that Rocky needed help and he sent me to a specialized hospital.
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April: The doctors called Fort Dodge Animal Health and they said that in their clinical studies of 20,000 dogs only 1% had complications. We went home that night thinking it was just our bad luck that our dog had a severe reaction to ProHeart 6.
Upon arriving at home we researched the drug and found that tons of dogs have had the same experience and a lot have died. We feel lied to and betrayed. You can check out stories of these animals and the horrible side effects of this product.
Webpage Complete January 3, 2003
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