A review of the off-label use of selamectin (Stronghold/Revolution) in dogs and cats

Acta Vet Scand. 2008 Nov 25;50(1):46. doi: 10.1186/1751-0147-50-46.

Abstract

Since its introduction approximately seven years ago, selamectin (Stronghold/Revolution, Pfizer Inc.) has been used off-label to treat a number of ecto- and endoparasite conditions in dogs and cats. It has been used as a successful prophylactic against Dirofilaria repens and as a treatment for Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in cats. It has also been used to treat notoedric mange, infestation with the nasal mite Pneumonyssoides caninum, Cheyletiella spp. and Neotrombicula autumnalis infestations and larval Cordylobia anthropophaga infection. However, to date attempts to treat generalised canine demodicosis have not been successful. In all cases, treatment was apparently well tolerated by the host.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antiparasitic Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Antiparasitic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Cat Diseases / drug therapy
  • Cats
  • Dog Diseases / drug therapy
  • Dogs
  • Helminthiasis, Animal / drug therapy*
  • Ivermectin / administration & dosage
  • Ivermectin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Ivermectin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antiparasitic Agents
  • Ivermectin
  • selamectin