The Scourge of Sarcoptes: Oral Ivermectin for Scabies

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 222-235

  Guay, David R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectoparasite; Ivermectin; Parasitic diseases; Scabies; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ACTICIN; BENZYL BENZOATE; CORTICOSTEROID; CROTAMITON; IVERMECTIN; LINDANE; MALATHION; PERMETHRIN; PLACEBO; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFUR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANOREXIA; ASTHENIA; BED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOTHING; CONSTIPATION; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECTOPARASITE; EDEMA; ELDERLY CARE; EOSINOPHILIA; EYE DISEASE; FACE EDEMA; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFESTATION; LONG TERM CARE; LOUSE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUROTOXICITY; ONCHOCERCIASIS; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRURITUS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SARCOPTES; SCABIES; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN IRRITATION; SOMNOLENCE; SUDDEN DEATH; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA; VERTIGO; VOMITING; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 1642412026     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2004.222     Document Type: Review

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