Revolution Dog Medicine is a topical treatment. This means it is applied in liquid form to the skin of your dog. The liquid is oil based and quickly dries to leave a waterproof flea control product. On the skin of your dog, Revolution kills fleas, ticks, chewing lice and ear mites. This means it protects your dog against a variety of disease these external parasites can bring with them including sarcoptic mange and Lyme's disease.

Once the Revolution Medicine soaks into the skin, it is quickly absorbed into the bloodstream and the surrounding tissue. This is where it gets to work preventing heartworm disease. It does this by destroying all larval stage heartworms in the blood. You would not even know they were there, but left untreated they can develop into disease causing adults that can even be fatal to their host. It is important to use Revolution for Dogs every month, as the active ingredient is only present in tiny quantities, powerful enough to destroy only juvenile heartworms.

Using only minimal quantities of one active ingredient (selmactin) keeps Revolution Heartworm Medicine one of the mildest products to choose from. It is one of few such treatments safe to use on both pregnant and nursing bitches, and can even be used on puppies from six weeks.

Revolution Dog Medicine, used every month will ensure heartworm disease never occurs, and that external parasites are totally under control. It is extremely mild with side effects being extremely rare. Less than 1% of dogs experience a mild stomach upset. But, whether you should use Revolution Dog Medicine really depends on your location.

The product should only really be used if heartworm prevention is something you must use. If you live in a heartworm free region choose instead Frontline or Advantage as these both offer extremely mild but effective flea control. Frontline Plus will sort out ticks and lice too. There is little point in spending extra money and over-medicating our pets if we do not need to. So many people compare Frontline Plus and Revolution but in actual fact they are completely different, as the former does not provide any heartworm prevention at all.

The need for heartworm medicine should be the deciding factor prior to buying Revolution Dog Medicine, as there are cheaper alternatives if prevention of heartworm is not a concern.