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 ...

Usha V, Gopalakrishnan Nair TV: A comparative study of oral ivermectin and topical permethrin cream in the treatment of scabies. J Am Acad Dermatol 2000; 42: 236–40 CrossRef 22. Nnoruka EN ...

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.

In the UK, scabies is typically treated using permethrin, a skin cream that needs to be rubbed ... Another option for treatment is ivermectin. Ivermectin previously made the news during the ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has settled a lawsuit over some of its posts about ivermectin ... diseases in humans like river blindness and scabies, can also be bought over-the-counter ...