Help clients remember parasite preventives

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Clients tell us they forget to administer their pets' monthly heartworm preventive or flea control-even when they put a reminder on the calendar.

Clients tell us they forget to administer their pets' monthly heartworm preventive or flea control—even when they put a reminder on the calendar. To help increase compliance, we recommend they program their cell phone to remind them. The phone alerts them on the day the medication is due. I do this to remember my own pet's medications, and it works great.

Dr. Melisa Hicks

Dr. Melisa Hicks

Long Beach, Calif.

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