Cetaphil cleanser (Nuvo lotion) cures head lice [23]

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1612-

  Pearlman, Dale ^a  

^a Family Dermatology Medical Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETAPHIL; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DIMETICONE; MALATHION; PERMETHRIN; PHENOTHRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; FATTY ALCOHOL; PROPANEDIOL DERIVATIVE;

DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG RESEARCH; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LETTER; LOTION; NIT; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; DRUG COMBINATION; NOTE; SKIN DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FATTY ALCOHOLS; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; PEDICULUS; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; SCALP DERMATOSES; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE;

EID: 33644695672     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2320     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Pearlman DL. Nuvo lotion and the future of head-lice treatment [letter]. Pediatrics. 2005;115:1452-1453
2. Pearlman DL. A simple treatment for head lice: dry-on, suffocation-based pediculicide. Pediatrics. 2004;114(3). Available at: www. pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/114/3/e275
3. Hill N, Moor G, Cameron MM, et al. Single blind, randomised, comparative study of the Bug Buster kit and over the counter pediculicide treatments against head lice in the United Kingdom. BMJ. 2005;331:384-387
4. Burgess IF, Brown CM, Lee PN. Treatment of head louse infestation with 4% dimeticone lotion: randomised controlled equivalence trial. BMJ. 2005;330:1423