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February 2007
I'm writing to report a serious problem I'm having with my 1 year old Shitzu. I gave him Advantix for the very first time on Wed. Jan.24, 2007 and he got very sick. He whines and howls day and night and we both have lost countless hours of sleep. He is in a lot of discomfort and I feel powerless to do anything about it. I bathed him four times at the suggestion of two vetarnarians and the Advantix Company. This helped minimally as did a cortsone injection, Benedryl and steroids. Eight days after the application he is still yelping. I will be reporting this incident to the agencies you recommended in your site as well as pray that he recovers from this terrible toxic reaction.
Victoria 2/1/07
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I wrote on 12/6/06 and I was still wondering if there has been anybody who has had any reaction to frontline plus? Just like dogs and cats, I know that some people are highly sensitive or allergic to this product. Take my word on that after many trips to the hospital. It starts out with a funny feeling, dry mouth and its all down hill after that. Not being able to breath, crying because you think you are going to die because you cant think straight. This stuff works on your nervous system. If you feel the least bit funny, dont make the mistake of petting your dog because I did and it hits you even harder because the fipronil??? is on the dogs fur for atleast a month. I know this stuff can somehow diffuse through your skin. I went to University Hospital's environmental poison center in Cleveland and they said some people have died from ingesting Fipronil in the past but there is absolutely no test to see if you are exposed. Dont use this pesticide, especially if you have children. I was fortunate with my 3 dogs not having any problems. My vet even talked me into using it on my indoor cat. Still really dont know why but thats alot of frontline plus in the house. I also have 3 children. I have been using Brewers Yeast pills from the pet store. I havent had any problems. My mother and two sisters have changed to this and now Im not afraid to pet their dogs anymore.
Once again. If you love your animals and your family do not use FRONTLINE PLUS at all. If anybody has had a reaction to Fipronil I would like to know. I dont think Im the only one.
Jim 2/6/07
As you can see from the messages posted on my website, MANY people have seen adverse reactions in their pets after using Frontline and Frontline Plus. Merial claims that it only targets the nervous system of insects, but it can have a similar effect on animals and people.
Here is information on a study that was done to determine the amount of fipronil people are exposed to after treating their pet with Frontline:
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13948390
The study found that "repeated exposure to such contamination can pose human health risks."
James TerBush
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I'm so glad I found your web pages! I thought it was all in my imagination that the Zodiac product we had used on our 3-year-old Bichon Frise is causing her symptoms: Severe agitation, almost a paranoid attitude (like she's afraid someone's going to hurt her or feels like she's being injured), very heavy panting, yipping / crying sometimes when she attempts to walk, shivering/shaking, sitting and staring off into space, acting very "needy" (doesn't want to be left alone, claws her way into our laps, burrows her head into our shoulders, etc.). While her appetite doesn't seem to be affected, she doesn't go running over to the dog dish when we feed her - we have to bring it to her. Her personality has totally changed. She's not the bouncy, flighty little fluff that we've known and loved these past 3+ years. While all of the symptoms disturb me, it's her pitiful crying that tears at my heart. Thank heaven she doesn't do this continuously! I can tell it's a cry of pain... but I don't know WHERE the pain is - and I can't help her. :(
She started with the heavy panting and the agitation and "neediness" about 3 hours after my husband applied the Zodiac to her neck . I can only thank heaven that for some reason something told to me "wash it off!" - although I didn't give her a complete bath - just heavily shampooed the area on her neck/back where I could smell it. That was three nights ago. Thursday, when she started with the yipping/crying, we took her to the vet and mentioned the Zodiac. The vet didn't seem to think that the Zodiac was the problem - said that Tinkerbell's anal glands were full and needed cleaning (which the vet did), and gave us non-steroid anti-inflammatory pills to administer to Tink once a day. She DID suggest that we bathe both of our dogs (we gave our male Bichon the same Zodiac treatment but see no adverse affects to him, thank heaven!) several times, rinsing well in between each bath.
After reading many of the emails you have posted, I'm convinced beyond a doubt that Tink's symptoms are due to the Zodiac, and I just feel so guilty about doing this to her. I hope that these adverse reactions will subside within the next few days, but if they don't, I'm taking Tink back to the vet.
Last night I gave her half of a Benadryl caplet in the hopes that it would help to alleviate some of her symptoms. She DID seem to have an easier night and she seems to be doing a tad better today (at least she didn't scrunch up against the garage door and try to hide when we took her outside this morning - she actually walked around the back yard a little bit). We normally use Frontline Plus on the dogs, but we were out of town for quite a long time and had forgotten to bring the Frontline with us - so I purchased the Zodiac at PetsMart. NEVER again will I use these products on our precious babies!
I'm also going to contact the EPA, the NPIC, and the manufacturer. I think that they need to know what this pesticide is doing to our animals! These poisons MUST be taken off the market!
Judi 2/10/07
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I have a 13 week old Pomeranian who is now in the hospital from 4 seizures within a 12 hour period. 3 of them were Grand Mal and the other was just plain weird. She kept running as fast as she could from room to room like she was lost and would not respond to anything. We had treated all 3 of our dogs with Bio Spot on Wednesday 2-21-07. One of our dogs threw up a day later and had bad diarhea. The other one has been fine. I dont know what to do. I called the vet today and they said she did go all night without another one, but how do I get rid of the treatment on her now. I gave her a bath Sunday morning because when she had her first seizure she lost all control and went all over herself. This is the first time I havent used Hartz or Advantix and I had no idea this was happening with so many dogs. Is there anything I can do? Please help!!! The bill is already up to $500 and we can not afford it.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Kelly 2/26/07
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DISCLAIMER: Below are messages that I have received from others whose dogs and cats experienced adverse reactions after using flea control products. I have no way of knowing if the information in these messages is factual, or if the products they used were the actual cause of the adverse reactions.
