Treatment of human scabies with oral ivermectin

ABSTRACT

Thirty-eight patients with scabies (21 males and 17 females) received oral ivermectin in two doses of 200 mu/kg at 7 days interval. Excellent results were achieved in 29 cases (76.34 percent), improvement in 6 (15.78 percent) and poor responses in 3 (7.88 percent). Tolerance was satisfactory-excellent in 32 patients (84.2 percent). The effectiveness and safety of the drug described in previous studies are confirmed by the present results: