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In the June issue of Prescrire International - Treatment of scabies: 5% permethrin cream or oral ivermectin?

FREE DOWNLOAD In patients with scabies, topical application of 5% permethrin cream and oral ivermectin have a similar harm-benefit balance. How do these two treatment options stack up?
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Summary

  • According to a meta-analysis of six randomised trials, including a total of about 600 patients with scabies, 5% permethrin cream seems to be more rapidly effective than oral ivermectin.
     
  • Two weeks after treatment, the cure rates are similar.
     
  • Uncertainties surround the risks associated with their use in women who are or may be pregnant, and in young children. Their transfer into breast milk should be taken into account.
     

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"Treatment of scabies. 5% permethrin cream or oral ivermectin" Prescrire Int 2019; 28 (205): 161. (Pdf, free).

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