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Thank you for the updated information!Originally Posted by strange_wings
Actually, according to this Frontline is not OTC. Has anyone called and asked them? If this is the case, the OP needs to take it up with the store that sold the product. ..Better have the receipt.
Bayer allowed Advantage to go OTC in last spring - longer than 6 months ago.
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So....the news circulated that Merial was putting frontline products as OTC stems from a survey, with intentions misunderstood, and they never intended this to happen.
That is a very important article and illustrates what I was saying earlier, that there are knock-offs meant to look like the genuine frontline product, and that on-line stores and box stores obtain the product illegally.
I urge you to read it, and it's links, Carolina.
Okay Bayer products went OTC I thought in February, but one article said March, either way, a little more than six months ago.
Advantage doses go by weight, which makes them even more dangerous, so I do question their decision to go OTC. In general I think consumers are not very good at judging a pet's weight.
Bottom line, in my opinion is these products, and any pet medications that are not supplements, and even some supplements, should be purchased at the vet clinic where the pet is being treated, regardless of their OTC status, and I will continue to advise people to do so.
People are so brainwashed into thinking on-line is cheaper, many don't even think to check prices with their vet.