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Capstar is
for the treatment of flea infestations on dogs, puppies, cats
and kittens 4 weeks of age and older and 2 pounds of body weight
or greater.
A single dose of Capstar will typically kill the adult fleas on
your pet. However, if your pet gets re-infested with fleas, you
can safely give another dose as often as once per day. Treat
all infested pets in the household. Fleas can reproduce on
untreated pets and allow infestations to persist.
Capstar begins working within 30 minutes and
studies have shown that it achieved greater than 90%
effectiveness against adult fleas on dogs within 4 hours and
cats within 6 hours. Capstar may be used together with other
products, including heartworm preventives, corticosteroids,
antibiotics, vaccines, de-worming medications, shampoos and
other flea products.
Capstar tablets contain 11.4 or 57.0 mg of nitenpyram, which
belongs to the chemical class of neonicotinoids. Nitenpyram
kills adult fleas. Laboratory and clinical studies have shown
that Capstar is safe for use in dogs, cats, puppies and kittens
4 weeks of age and older and 2 pounds of body weight or
greater. Capstar is safe for pregnant or nursing dogs and
cats. When using this product, you may notice that your dog or
cat will start scratching itself as fleas begin to die. The
scratching behavior is temporary and is a reaction to the fleas,
not the drug.
In addition to the common nuisance irritations associated with
infestations, fleas can be responsible for skin conditions in
your pet such as flea allergy dermatitis (FAD) in the dog and
miliary dermatitis in the cat. Also, fleas transmit other
parasites, including tapeworms. The control of flea
infestations is important to your pet's health and also reduces
the problems associated with these parasites.
Capstar does not have an effect on fleas in the pet's
environment. You may need to treat more than one time because
immature fleas in and around the home will continue to develop
into adults that can reinfest your pet. Alternatively, you can
treat your pet or environment with an insect growth regulator or
you can treat your pet with an insect development inhibitor.
Both insect growth regulators and insect development inhibitors
act by preventing the development of immature stages of the
flea. This will prevent fleas from reinfesting your pet.
Laboratory studies have shown that Capstar can be used safely
with lufenuron. |
