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 ...

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.

Mushtaq A, Khurshid K, Suhail Pal S: Comparison of efficacy and safety of oral ivermectin with topical permethrin in treatment of scabies. J Pak Assoc Derma 2010; 20: 227–31. 19. Saqib M ...

It is also used for Onchocerciasis or River blindness caused by the parasite named Onchocerca volvulus • Scabies caused by the mite named Sarcoptes. Ivermectin is an anthelminthic drug used to ...

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 his consultations, he prescribes drugs such as ivermectin. That's a treatment for lice and scabies which he and others say prevents Covid - but according to several leading health authorities ...