Soothing the - Itchy Skin Parasites

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approved medicine taken internally for treatment of scabies,
Bancroft’s filariasis, worm infections, river blindness
(onchorecaciasis, and certain type of diarrhea (strongyliodiasis). It acts
by paralyzing the parasite, and then killing the offspring of the adult
parasite to reduce the amount of parasites in the blood, skin and eyes.
It’s available in tablet form by prescription. After two years of
research, this was the first good news I found--too bad one of the many
physicians I’ve encountered haven’t been aware of it. I had to learn of
it through the veterinarian route to solving animal infestations.
A site (no longer active) by the director of Merck who is the marketing
director for Stromectol who points out that as of 2000 FDA approval
has not been issued for it’s use against scabies and head lice and
makes note that caution should be used in its use for these maladies
since many of those suffering from these conditions are small children
whose response to the chemical insecticide is unknown.
I went to my general practitioner for my routine blood work and asked
about Ivermectin. She was very unaware of it. I asked for a
prescription, she checked it out with a dermatologist and prescribed 15
mg in tablet form to be taken all at once. After 6 weeks, it did nothing
for the papules that remained on my scalp.
In as far as what's known about mites from my readings; they travel
from the animal’s nest to the animal, suck its blood and then return to
the animal’s nest. They are not known to reside in the animal. Yet, hair
follicle mite and scabies do reside in the human.
Moxidectin and Ivermectin are insecticides which are applied directly
to the skin and adsorb into the skin to kill the mites. Fortunately,
Ivermectin is used with humans for scabies and can be prescribed by a
physician, although most are unfamiliar with the drug. Ivermectin is
listed as a one time application drug. The physician that prescribed it
for me, in 1999, was new to the field of medicine and only prescribed
it on a one time basis. According several subscribers they’ve had
multiple applications at 3 month intervals and reported some success.
Later on you'll read about a far more effective alternative to
Ivermectin. However, for the strongyloides stercoralis, thiabendazole
was the preferred treatment as is explained in Chapter VI.
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