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Milbemycin oxime + praziquantel (brand name Interceptor Plus) is a heartworm disease preventive that also controls hookworms, roundworms, whipworms, and tapeworms in dogs. It is given by mouth as a flavored chew tablet.
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Milbemycin oxime + spinosad (brand name: Trifexis) is a heartworm disease preventive and controls internal parasites (e.g., hookworms, roundworms, and whipworms) and fleas in dogs. Milbemycin oxime + spinosad is given by mouth as a flavored chewable tablet.
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Miltefosine (Milteforan®) is a drug used to treat leishmaniasis in dogs. Miltefosine is unlikely to cure a dog of leishmaniasis, but it will reduce clinical signs and infectivity associated with leishmaniasis infection.
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Minocycline (brand names Minocin®, Solodyn®, Arestin®) is a tetracycline-based antibiotic. It is used to treat a variety of bacterial infections in cats and dogs. It is frequently used as part of the heartworm adulticide treatment protocol and for certain tick-borne infections, such as Lyme disease.
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Mirtazapine (brand name: Remeron®, Mirataz®) is an antidepressant often used to treat weight loss and anorexia (loss of appetite), mainly in cats. It also has antiemetic (anti-vomiting) and anti-nausea effects and has been used to treat side effects of chemotherapy. Rarely, it may be used to treat behavioral problems.
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Misoprostol (brand names Cytotec®, Arthrotec®) is a prostaglandin E1 analog drug. It is used off label (extra label) to treat or prevent stomach ulcers due to NSAID use in cats, dogs, and horses. It can also be used in combination with other medications to treat uterine infections, protect the kidneys, treat skin allergies, or to terminate pregnancy.
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Mitotane is primarily used to treat Cushing's disease in dogs. It has also been used to treat adrenal gland tumors. Mitotane reduces the amount of cortisone-like hormones produced by the adrenal cortex.
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Mometasone furoate + gentamicin sulfate + clotrimazole topical (Mometamax, Maxi-otic, MotaZol, PattOtic) is a combination topical ear medication used to treat bacterial and yeast ear infections in dogs. It comes as a liquid suspension and is applied topically to the affected ear once daily.
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Mometasone furoate combination (brand names: Mometamax®, Posatex®, Elocon®) is a topical corticosteroid used for treating itchy and inflammatory skin conditions that are associated with bacterial or yeast infections of the skin. It is labeled for use in the ear of dogs. It is used off label in cats and other mammals, and for other uses in dogs.
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Moxidectin + imidacloprid topical (Advantage Multi, Imoxi) is used to prevent heartworms and treat intestinal parasites (hookworms, roundworms, and whipworms) and to treat and prevent fleas in cats, dogs, and ferrets (Advantage Multi only). In dogs this combination product is also approved to treat sarcoptic mange and treat circulating heartworm microfilaria (immature heartworms); in cats it may also be used to treat ear mites.