Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . One application of 1% spinosad just as effectively eradicated head lice compared with two applications of 1% ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Several years have elapsed since this column reviewed pharmacotherapies for head lice (Pediculus humanus capitus ...

Head lice are both prevalent and challenging to treat in children. Permethrin at 1% concentration is still considered the first-line therapy for children with head lice, despite the rising rate of ...

Head Lice Beginning to Show Permethrin Resistance Although live head lice obtained from school-aged children in Paris remain susceptible to the insecticide malathion, approximately 14% have been found ...

The buzz from this week’s American Chemical Society (ACS) meeting in Boston is a report that lice in at least 25 states have become resistant to the most commonly used treatment, pyrethroids.

Dec. 9, 2002 — The most commonly used pediculicide for lice is permethrin 1% cream (PLT), now available over the counter. At its introduction, it was 97% effective, but a study in the November issue ...

Head lice can be a wintertime headache for families and schools, but simple precautions can stop the spread of these pesky parasites. Every year, 6 million to 12 million children in the United States, ...

Natroba™ does not require painstaking nit combing and for most patients is effective in one 10-minute application. Product demonstrated superior efficacy in Phase III trials vs. permethrin ...

It’s the attack of the super lice — and it’s costing parents a fortune. Parents in Australia are bugging out over “super strength” lice, which require them to spend hundreds of dollars at specialized ...

They are miniscule, measuring at most 2 mm to 3 mm long, yet few things induce more panic or fear among parents than head lice. But while an infestation of head lice on a child can be uncomfortable, ...