Okay.....sending this out again and please share. The 6 month heartworm VACCINE is VERY DANGEROUS!!!!! Please make sure you refuse to allow your vet to administer it! This was an email I sent to our admin group after researching it last summer...... From: Kimberly Wolff Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 3:32:13 PM Subject: FW: [impsadmin] Question on new heartworm prevention Below is my response to someone asking about the heartworm 6 month vaccine. The vaccine was pulled in 2004 after there were significant loss of lives. It has been brought back WITH NO CHANGE TO FORMULATION!!!! This is insane and there is no way I would ever agree to giving this to any of my animals. There is no way on God’s green earth you would ever convince me to give this medication to any of my dogs. They need a risk minimization plan to bring it back? And you now have to sign a consent form to have it administered? Consent forms are to release the manufacturer and your vet from liability. What other vaccination or medication makes you sign a consent form? I guarantee that if this drug is continued to be used there will be a significant increase of cancerous vaccination site reaction from injecting POISON directly into the animal’s tissue. This is a clinical trial on the whole pet population!! That’s outrageous! ProHeart 6, a heartworm “preventative” is back on the market after having been pulled from shelves in 2004. More than 5,000 adverse “events,” including hundreds of canine deaths, prompted the FDA to request the drug’s withdrawal. It is being brought back under a “risk minimization action plan” and restricted use program (including vet training and informed consent notification) — an uncommon plan to try to limit damage from the drug. To comply with the FDA’s “risk minimization” plan, Fort Dodge is implementing an educational and communication program that will require veterinarians to register with Fort Dodge and complete “in-depth” training as a condition of purchasing ProHeart 6. A letter from the FDA explains vets will also have to “confirm they have completed the in-depth training, read the new label, the conditions of use, the requirements to provide the dog owner with the Client Information Sheet and obtain signed informed consent, record the product lot number in the medical record, and report adverse events. Kim IMPS Regional Coordinator MN, ND, SD, WI
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