The first-line treatment in many countries is now 5% permethrin, with ivermectin, a promising oral therapy for ordinary scabies. Benzyl benzoate continues to be highly efficacious, although there ...

Ordinary scabies is treated with permethrin-based creams and shampoos while crusted "Norwegian" scabies is often treated with a combination of permethrin (5%) and oral ivermectin 200 µ/kg.

Dr Deborah Lee has discussed the signs to look out for when it comes to scabies and where they are most commonly found on the ...

This is what doctors are saying as cases of scabies are rising. From the year to April, there were 3,689 confirmed hospital ...

A 5-gram tube of Zovirax cream runs more than $200. A month’s supply of valacyclovir (500 milligrams) tablets costs between ...

Also, the most effective scabies treatments, permethrin and malathion, are now difficult to obtain due to supply chain issues related to the war in Ukraine. Scabies infestations are also more ...

‘The treatment for scabies is a topical cream or lotion – the most commonly used are permethrin cream and malathion lotion – that can be purchased in pharmacies, or by prescription in ...

There has recently been a rise in the number of people developing scabies, heres everything you need to know about it ...

"The treatment for scabies is a topical cream or lotion - the most commonly used are permethrin cream and malathion lotion - ...