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A few points..
The tecnology used in veternary science to reptiles is based mostly on commonly kept snakes, and turtles, and lizards. The parasites forund in monitors (internal) are completely different than whats found in snakes etc (except a few), the metabolisms and physiology of snakes a nd tutrltes and monitors are all different, so therefore only treatment and technology based off of monitors is useful to monitors and treating them. As Steeve said how can you suggest a treatment for an animal when the vets dont understand them. I have found 1 vet in miles of where I live that has a practice and is listed as a good herp vet by 2 independant websites that are based worldwide. He has a different view than the attitude to treat every symptom with meds, he believes with lizards that they need to be treated by proper husbandry first and afterwards look for symptoms. One point youve had parasites treated on one monitor youve had now for what 2 months? None the less, thats not enough time to find out if the treatment was sucessful in reducing, eliminating parasites, or causing organ damage to the animal. In a few years you may see results of these things, in 6 months or so you may see another positive test for the same parasites as the meds dont kill them some times, as a matter of fact they sometimes cause them to boom in population because their host was endangered by a poison. There are som e parasites dangerous to some hosts because they were not evolved to handle them, ie from different areas of the world, or that were species specific at one time and now need to evovloe to a new similar host. You know that 6 out of every 10 humans on the planet have pen sized parasitic worms all through their body but dont know it? They can cause harm by rupturing your bladder when they disconnect to reproduce, how healthy are you feeling???
In a few years or several years or even months when you animal dies have a good herp vet do a complete attopsy to find any parasites and let us know if the animals died of liver or kidney complications.
This is again why I always say save your money and buy captive bred animals only, there is a whole world of difference you need to experience to see why I say this, and one good point no parasites.
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