Which pet medication is right for me?
Purchasing pet medications can be confusing. Should I be using a spot on, tablets, chewables or a collar? Do I need to protect against fleas, ticks, heartworm, intestinal worms? Can't I just have one that does everything? All those questions and more are answered in our comprehensive pet medications comparison tables below.
Want to tick all the boxes cost effectively?
PET SHED RECOMMENDS |
FOR FLEAS & TICKS: |
(Generic Frontline Plus for Dogs or Cats) OR (Generic Advantix II for Dogs Only) |
+ HEARTWORM CONTROL: |
Generic Heartgard Plus for Dogs Only |
+ ALLWORMER: |
Generic Drontal for Dogs or for Cats |
Generic Pet Meds Comparison Chart
Fleas | Ticks | Heartworm | Intestinal Worms | ||||||||||
Product | Usage | Adult Fleas | Flea Eggs | Flea Larvae | Deer Tick | American Tick | Lone Star Tick | Brown Tick | Heartworm | Round-worms | Hook-worms | Whip-worms | Tape-worms |
Generic Frontline Plus | Spot On | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
Generic Advantix II | Spot On | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
Generic Advantage II | Spot On | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||
Generic Capstar | Tablet | ✔ | |||||||||||
Generic Heartgard Plus | Tablet | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||
Generic Sentinel | Tablet | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
Generic Drontal | Tablet | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||
Generic Droncit | Tablet | ✔ |
Branded Pet Meds Comparison Chart
Fleas | Ticks | Heartworm | Intestinal Worms | ||||||||||
Product | Usage | Adult Fleas | Flea Eggs | Flea Larvae | Deer Tick | American Tick | Lone Star Tick | Brown Tick | Heartworm | Round-worms | Hook-worms | Whip-worms | Tape-worms |
Advantix II | Spot On | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
Frontline Plus | Spot On | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
Revolution | Spot On | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔Cats | ✔Cats | |||||
Revolution + Canex | Spot On | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔Dogs | ✔Dogs | |||
Stronghold | Spot On | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔Cats | ✔Cats | |||||
Advantage Multi | Spot On | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
K9 Advantix | Spot On | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
Advantage II | Spot On | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||
Advantage | Spot On | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||||
Profender | Spot On | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||
Bravecto | Chew | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
Nexgard Spectra | Chew | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Nexgard | Chew | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
Simparica | Chew | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
Sentinel Spectrum | Chew | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
Heartgard Plus | Chew | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||
Drontal | Chew | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||
Seresto | Collar | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
Kiltix | Collar | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||||
Preventic | Collar | ✔ |