If you have scabies, your doctor will prescribe a medication called a “scabicide.” It contains permethrin, and it comes in a lotion or cream form. Your doctor may recommend a second treatment ...

Can scabies be treated? Scabies is not usually a serious condition, but it does need to be treated. “First-line treatment usually involves a permethrin-based cream, which effectively kills the ...

Perry stresses it’s important to treat scabies immediately. This usually involves a cream or lotion that’s applied all over the body, and then repeated a week later. Seek advice before ...

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 ...

Scabies is not usually a serious condition, but it does need to be treated. “First-line treatment usually involves a permethrin-based cream, which effectively kills the mites,” says Godic.

Cite this: Scabies: Molecular Perspectives and Therapeutic Implications in the Face of Emerging Drug Resistance - Medscape - Feb 01, 2008. Kate E. Mounsey, Charles Darwin University, Menzies ...