Advantage Multi For Dogs & Cats

Dogs & Cats Heartworm Preventative & Flea control Medicine

Advantage Multi provides effective control of heartworms, fleas, and intestinal parasites to ensure continued health of cats and dogs. This product also kills and prevents ear mite infestations in cats.

Benefits of Advantage Multi:

• Protects against heartworms and associated disease in both cats and dogs
• Kills adult fleas and helps control flea infestations
• Effective against ear mite infestations in cats and kittens
• Controls hookworms and roundworms in cats and dogs
• Controls whipworms in dogs
• Once-monthly dosing makes administration easy

Do not apply Advantage Multi to broken or irritated skin. Use only as directed. Do not apply Advantage Multi for Dogs on cats.

Directions for use on dogs and puppies:

The recommended dose of Advantage Multi for dogs and puppies is 4.5 mg/lb imidacloprid and 1.1 mg/lb moxidectin.

1. Choose the correct dose of Advantage Multi based on your dog's body weight. Treat dogs weighing more than 110 lbs. with a dose determined by your veterinarian.
2. Hold the applicator tube in an upright position and remove the cap.
3. Turn the cap upside down and push the cap's other end onto the tip of the tube.
4. Twist the cap until the seal breaks and then remove the cap from the applicator tube.
5. With your dog standing, part the hair between the shoulder blades on your dog's back until you can see the skin.

6. Apply the entire contents of the tube to one spot for dogs weighing 20 lbs. or less. For dogs weighing more than 20 lbs., apply the contents of the tube to 3 or 4 spots in a line from the base of your dog's neck to the upper back.

Separate treated dogs from each other and from other pets for 30 minutes to ensure accidental ingestion via licking of treated areas does not occur. Ingestion by dogs may cause dilated pupils, panting, depression, incoordination, salivation, and muscle tremors. In dogs sensitive to avermectin, coma and death may occur.

Directions for use on cats and kittens:

The recommended dose of Advantage Multi for cats and kittens is 4.5 mg/lb imidacloprid and 0.45 mg/lb moxidectin.

1. Choose the correct dose of Advantage Multi based on your cat's body weight. Treat cats weighing more than 18 lbs. with a dose determined by your veterinarian.
2. Remove the cap from the applicator tube while holding it in an upright position.
3. Rotate the cap and push the other end into the tip of the applicator tube.
4. Twist the cap to break the safety seal. Remove the cap from the applicator tube.
5. Part the hair at the base of your cat's head, on the back of your cat's neck. The skin should be visible.

6. Place the tip of the tube against your cat's skin and apply the entire contents of the tube.
7. Lift the applicator tube away from your cat's skin before releasing pressure on the tube.

Do not allow your cat or kitten to lick the treated area for at least 30 minutes. Grooming the application site may result in tremors, decreased appetite, hypersalivation, and/or vomiting.

Frequency of Use:

Advantage Multi is to be applied once per month, at the same time each month. Treatment should be year-round or should begin at least one month prior to mosquito season. Treatment should continue until one month after mosquito season.

To control fleas, administer Advantage Multi once per month. Treatment of ear mites is with a single application of Advantage Multi, but monthly treatments will ensure future infestations of ear mites do not occur. Treatment of intestinal parasites is with a single application.

Storage:

Store at room temperature and avoid excessive cold or heat.

It is a violation of Federal Law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling.

Advantage Multi is a monthly treatment for heartworms, fleas, and intestinal parasites that provides comprehensive protection for dogs and cats. One of the active ingredients in Advantage Multi, imidacloprid, is a chloronicotinyl nitroguanidine insecticide. The other active ingredient, moxidectin, is a parasiticide. Advantage Multi works by interfering with nerve transmission in intestinal worms and heartworms, thereby causing paralysis and death. The product kills fleas by acting on the nervous system of the insects.

Advantage Multi is available by prescription only.

Advantage Multi for Dogs and Puppies Ingredients:

Advantage Multi 9, Green (Dogs and puppies 3-9 lbs): Imidacloprid 40 mg, Moxidectin 10 mg

Advantage Multi 20, Teal (Dogs and puppies 9-20 lbs): Imidacloprid 100 mg, Moxidectin 25 mg

Advantage Multi 55, Red (Dogs 20-55 lbs): Imidacloprid 250 mg, Moxidectin 62.5 mg

Advantage Multi 88, Blue (Dogs 55-88 lbs): Imidacloprid 400 mg, Moxidectin 100 mg

Advantage Multi 110, Brown (Dogs 88-110 lbs): Imidacloprid 500 mg, Moxidectin 125 mg

Advantage Multi for Cats and Kittens Ingredients:

Advantage Multi 5, Turquoise (Cats and kittens 2-5 lbs): Imidacloprid 23 mg, Moxidectin 2.3 mg

Advantage Multi 9, Orange (Cats and kittens 5-9 lbs): Imidacloprid 40 mg, Moxidectin 4 mg

Advantage Multi 18, Purple (Cats and kittens 9-18 lbs): Imidacloprid 80 mg, Moxidectin 8 mg

Warnings:

Keep this product out of reach of children and animals. Do not use or store in or near open flame or heat.

Animals should be tested for existing heartworm infections before beginning treatment with Advantage Multi.

Use on cats and kittens weighing at least 2 lbs. and at least 9 weeks of age, and on dogs weighing at least 3 lbs. and at least 7 weeks of age.

CAUTION: Do not use this product on sick, underweight, debilitated, or medicated animals. The safety of this product in breeding, pregnant, or lactating cats and dogs is not known.

Keep children away from treated pets for a minimum of 2 hours following application with Advantage Multi.

Anyone with a known or suspected sensitivity to moxidectin, imidacloprid, or benzyl alcohol should use caution when administering this product.

Side effects of Advantage Multi for cats may include lethargy, agitation and other behavioral changes, scratching, rubbing, hypersalivation, coughing, gagging, and polydipsia.

Side effects of Advantage Multi for dogs may include hyperactivity, itching, odor, lethargy, reduced appetite, diarrhea, vomiting, bloody stools, coughing, nasal and ocular discharge, and anorexia.

If Swallowed: Contact a poison control center or seek emergency medical attention. Sip water while waiting for medical attention. Do not induce vomiting unless specifically instructed to do so by a doctor or the poison control center.

If In Eyes: Hold affected eyelid open and flush eye with plenty of water for 15 minutes or more. Consult a doctor if eye irritation persists.

If On Skin: Wash hands thoroughly with soap after contact. Remove contaminated clothing.

For a copy of the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) or to report adverse reactions call Bayer Veterinary Services at 1-800-422-9874. For consumer questions call 1-800-255-6826.