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  2. Lindane - Wikipedia

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    Lindane, also known as gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH), gammaxene, Gammallin and benzene hexachloride (BHC), [3] is an organochlorine chemical and an isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane that has been used both as an agricultural insecticide and as a pharmaceutical treatment for lice and scabies. [4] [5] Lindane is a neurotoxin that interferes ...

  3. 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]

  4. Scabies - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms may continue for two to four weeks following treatment. [13] If after this time symptoms continue, retreatment may be needed. [13] Scabies is one of the three most common skin disorders in children, along with ringworm and bacterial skin infections. [15] As of 2015, it affects about 204 million people (2.8% of the world population). [9]

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

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    The scabies itch continues until you see a doctor for a treatment that will kill them. To get relief from chiggers-related itching, Dr. Friedman has a few suggestions. “Oral antihistamines or ...

  6. Persistent organic pollutant - Wikipedia

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    Lindane (γ-hexachlorocyclohexane), a pesticide used as a broad spectrum insecticide for seed, soil, leaf, tree and wood treatment, and against ectoparasites in animals and humans (head lice and scabies). Lindane undergoes rapid biomagnification and is immunotoxic, neurotoxic, carcinogenic, linked to liver and kidney damage as well as adverse ...

  7. Pediculosis pubis - Wikipedia

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    Lindane is still used in a shampoo form in some non-European countries. Its licence was withdrawn by the European Medicines Agency in 2008. [ 2 ] It may be considered as a last resort in some people who show resistance to other treatments, but is not recommended to be used for a second round of treatment.

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