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2/14/03
I am indeed quite leery of the 6-month ProHeart shot. At the conventional allopathic practice I work at, my colleagues do use it more than I certainly have, and, fortunately, I have yet to see a severe life-threatening reaction yet, although I do feel that there have been certainly a number of milder acute reactions. I do feel that when you INJECT medications or vaccinations that there will always be those who react with sensitive immune systems, as by injecting things, you bypass all of the ways the immune system evolved to ward off microbes and other chemical invaders, which are unfortunately in the adjuvants of many injectables and vaccinations . . .
The problem with this Fort Dodge shot is that there is no specific antidote to it, and once you inject the stuff, it's there for a minimum of 6 months . . . So if a patient is uniquely sensitive to it, then what is one supposed to do?
You see, the problem with all of these products and vaccinations is that they are not studied CHRONICALLY over months or years of use in either pets OR CHILDREN. Their safety studies are done in a very limited population of individuals and for only short periods. There is no market in allopathic medicine for chronic safety studies done by INDEPENDENT researchers (not the drug companies), as they are too busy putting time, finances and resources in new drug development.
I know several of my homeopathic colleagues have indeed seen life-threatening reactions to the ProHeart shot, and in my opinion, there should be a legal consent form required before a veterinarian does inject this stuff, as most veterinarians inject it while not citing any immune reactions, which Fort Dodge does acknowledge occur. - Michael Dym, VMD
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