Just gave Adobo & Biko their last Interceptor this afternoon and decided to see if I can get it cheaper then last time. Instead I found out this..............

Novartis has stopped producing and/or shipping the above medications - Interceptor, Sentinel, Program, Deramaxx and Clomicalm - for an indefinite period of time. This affects veterinarians and pharmacies everywhere. Please rest assured we will do everything we can to offer these medications as soon as they become available.

In the meantime... We have compiled a list of alternative medications for your consideration.

http://www.petcarerx.com/content/?contentid=1250#Interceptor

watheheckamigonnado!

I found this which explains it as due to a factory closure following FDA concerns. It doesn't say how long it will take before they get production back.

Here in BC there is a shortage of morphine and some other drugs at the moment which will affect people and veterinary practice. That's because of problems at a pharmaceutical company too. Seems like there are too few companies supplying drugs and so when one suspends production, it's hard or impossible to get elsewhere.

I received a letter from the distributor of my allergy medicine saying it would be unavailable for a while as well. Haven't been able to find any more info on that though...Strange.

If you need it, I think I have three pills of interceptor (i'd have to see) that I can send you, I bought a year supply for mika at the vet, which is 6 months for 2 dogs w/o having to do a check up or anything and its Iverheart or something like that.

send me a PM if need them

O yea, this has been going on for about a month and a half, we barely have any supplies left so the clinic i work at is switching to Trifexis and Comfortis. And for the heartworms the Drs are contemplating getting some Heartgard on hand. Sucks since both of those are way more expensive than Interceptor.

I saw that on FB a little while ago. Funny thing is I was thinking, "oh no! I better stock up! Not for my girls, but for my reef tank!" Reefers use interceptor to kill "red bugs" that will eat your coral and kill it. I bet they're freaking out about it on the reef forums too! lol.

hypers987 wrote:

O yea, this has been going on for about a month and a half, we barely have any supplies left so the clinic i work at is switching to Trifexis and Comfortis. And for the heartworms the Drs are contemplating getting some Heartgard on hand.[b] Sucks since both of those are way more expensive than Interceptor.[b]

The sucks part is right for the first thing that entered my mind was PRICE increase and a easy way to go about it. I've been using Interceptor short of forever and never had any problems with it. It my preferred choice and really am not looking forward to switching to something else. I have a month to try and locate some, then if haven't I might take you up on your offer kevo.

Thankfully I use trifexus but we were looking to switch bc of the price of it and now it looks like we are stuck