Contagious skin disease of Scabies can be effectively treated with Permethrin and Ivermectin

Those with Scabies caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei may try treated with Permethrin or Ivermection. This is because both those medications showed effectively in treating this highly contagious skin disease.

Recent study conducted by researchers from Iran found that both those medications highly effective in curing scabies patients after several weeks with 1-week interval.

According to their findings published in the Journal of Dermatology on March 5, 2012 (ref), the rate in curing Scabies were 85.9% with single dose of oral Ivermection after 2 weeks of treatment and increased to 100% at 4 weeks post-treatment, while curing scabies with permethrin cream (2 applications with 1-week interval) offering 92.5% in curing rate at 2 weeks post-treatment.

This findings obtained after they studied 272 patients with scabies which is half of them received 5% permethrin cream and others with oral ivermectin during April 2008 to April 2011 at Sina Hospital in Tabriz, Iran.

The study authors, Mohamad Godlbust, MD, from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran, and colleagues said that both of oral ivermection and topical application of permethrin showed its efficacy in treating scabies patients.