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On November 15, 2009 my cat who is a five year old healthy female was given the spot treatment frontline plus 24 hours later she began to salivate excessively, and had little to no control of her back legs. We immediately rushed her to the animal hospital where her symptoms got worse and her eys and head began to tilt to one side. The vets refused to admit it was from the treatment but still washed the spot off immediately and called the Frontline emergency number. The vets insisted we take her to a neurology veterinary specialist and after running every test possible nothing could be found wrong with her. After five days of not eating we had to put a feeding tube in her. She finally started to show signs of improvement after about two weeks and was back to normal after about 30 days. The exact time it take s for the spot treatment to wear off. I submitted my claim to Merial and was denied. Now that the EPA has come out with their findings I am taking them to small claims court for the medical bills that came to $5, 000. I am out raged and will try to get the media involved when it is closer to the court date.
http://news.vin.com/VINNews.aspx?articleId=15367
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The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
I have def. seen this same thing. Some cats are sensitive to this form of flea treatments. Over the counter products like this seem to be pretty dangerous, just do the research. I myself prefer Revolution, it is a RX flea medicine and the cat has to be in good health. It seems to be more gental and I only use it for a total of 4 months a year to help during Heartworm/flea season. I'm so glad your cat recovered.