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 | ✔ | |||||||||||