Actually I am a little surprised I had not thought about this earlier as I used to pay the same price for heart-worm medicine for our 10 pound and our 100 pound dogs.
People who want to save money on their medication split pills, getting – for instance getting a 20 mg prescription for Crestor and cutting it in half when they only need 10 mg.
Why not for dogs?
Muffin shopping in the Keys
I did a little research and found that exactly the same ingredients go into heart-worm medicine no matter what size your dog is. And there is not a huge difference in price between the small amount you give a small dog and the large amount for a big dog. And, there is now generic heart-worm medicine – see below.
Infact if you go to 1-800-PetMeds it will even tell you to do your own work when it comes to dogs that weight more than 100 pounds.
“Over 100 lbs Give combination of chewables based on weight”
So why not buy the largest size and cut it up according to weight for smaller dogs?
The following are the ingredients for dogs in the three categories that Heartgard sells at PetMeds:
Nitza with my granddaughter
Heartgard Blue Chewables (for Dogs 1-25 lbs):
Active Ingredient Amount
Ivermectin 68 mcg
Pyrantel Pamoate 57 mg
Heartgard Green Chewables (for Dogs 26-50 lbs):
Active Ingredient Amount
Ivermectin 136 mcg
Pyrantel Pamoate 114 mg
Heartgard Brown Chewables (for Dogs 51-100 lbs):
Active Ingredient Amount
Ivermectin 272 mcg
Pyrantel Pamoate 227 mg
I am sure that some veterinarians will be outraged at this money saving advice (at their expense). So if you have any problems do what I do and buy your heart-worm medicine through Canada Pharmacy where you can even purchase generic heart-worm medication even cheaper.
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And when the vet goes out of business, what then?