Limited effective treatments, coupled with recent observations of emerging drug resistance to oral ivermectin and 5% permethrin, raise concerns regarding the future control of scabies, especially ...

In this edition of The People’s Pharmacy, Joe and Teresa Graedon also hear from a reader with a question about using ivermectin to treat scabies.

Human scabies is a debilitating skin disease caused by Sarcoptes scabei, known by several names such as "itch mite." At any given time, the worldwide burden of disease is about 300,000,000 people.

The UK Health Security Agency actually suggests ivermectin can be used to manage outbreaks in situations where there are problems delivering other scabies treatments. Arguably, the supply issues ...

In August 2021, to discourage people from using ivermectin to prevent or treat ... tropical diseases in humans like river blindness and scabies, can also be bought over-the-counter at livestock ...