NexGard®
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- Sponsor
- Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA, Inc.
- NADA
- 141-406
- Status
- RX
- Form
- Chewable Tablets
- Route
- Oral
- Species
- Dog, No Use Class Stated Or Implied
Dogs (Dogs and Puppies 8 Weeks of Age and Older)
Kills adult fleas and is indicated for the treatment and prevention of flea infestations (Ctenocephalides felis), and the treatment and control of Ixodes scapularis (black-legged tick), Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick), Amblyomma americanum (lone star tick), Rhipicephalus sanguineus (brown dog tick), and Haemaphysalis longicornis (longhorned tick) infestations in dogs and puppies 8 weeks of age and older, weighing 4 pounds of body weight or greater, for 1 month; and for the prevention of Borrelia burgdorferi infections as a direct result of killing Ixodes scapularis vector ticks.
NexGard® is given once a month at the minimum dosage of 1.14 mg/lb (2.5 mg/kg).
Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.