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   Treatment: Permethrin is the drug of choice for the treatment of scabies, per the CDC. Topical permethrin should be applied every two to three days for up to two weeks.

3. Here’s How to Tell If You Have Chigger Bites or Scabies - AOL

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   “Most scabies treatments are topical medications, which are applied to the skin. Permethrin five percent cream is the most common medicine used to treat scabies. It’s applied head to toe the ...

4. Scabies - Wikipedia

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   A study has demonstrated that scabies is markedly reduced in populations taking ivermectin regularly; [51] the drug is widely used for treating scabies and other parasitic diseases particularly among the poor and disadvantaged in the tropics, beginning with the developer Merck providing the drug at no cost to treat onchocerciasis from 1987.

5. Ectoparasiticide - Wikipedia

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   An ectoparasiticide is an antiparasitic drug used in the treatment of ectoparasitic infestations. [1] These drugs are used to kill the parasites that live on the body surface. Permethrin, sulfur, lindane, dicophane, benzyl benzoate, ivermectin and crotamiton are well known ectoparasiticides. [2]

6. Permethrin - Wikipedia

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   Permethrin is a medication and an insecticide. [4] [5] As a medication, it is used to treat scabies and lice. [6] It is applied to the skin as a cream or lotion. [4] As an insecticide, it can be sprayed onto outer clothing or mosquito nets to kill the insects that touch them. [5] [7] Side effects include rash and irritation where it is applied. [6]

7. GPs report rise in scabies cases as public warned not to ...

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   Scabies causes an intensely itchy skin rash caused by mites burrowing under the skin and laying eggs (Getty) ... the two most common medications used to treat scabies in the UK.