QUESTION: I used Zovirax ointment for two decades while I had employer-funded insurance. Once I went on Medicare, I learned ...

A 5-gram tube of Zovirax cream runs more than $200. A month’s supply of valacyclovir (500 milligrams) tablets costs between ...

Tea tree oil looks promising as a new topical therapy. Clinical and in vitro resistance to ivermectin has now been documented and there are concerns regarding the increasing tolerance of scabies ...

That's associated more with bed bugs bites rather than scabies,' she says. 'You can visit your pharmacist and get permethrin or malathion.’ These are topical creams that you apply to dry skin ...

Ivermectin, taken orally, is also extremely effective at curing scabies and can be prescribed to control outbreaks. Public information campaigns can help with alerting the general public and ...

Scabies is caused by a parasitic mite which burrows under the skin and lays eggs, which causes intense itching and blisters to appear. It is easily spread via skin-to-skin contact, or by sharing ...

Scabies cases are on the rise across the UK, particularly in England. Scabies is an itchy rash caused by mites and while it is not usually a serious condition, it is "very infectious" and easily ...

Scabies cases are on the rise across the UK, particularly in England. Scabies is an itchy rash caused by mites and while it is not usually a serious condition, it is "very infectious" and easily ...

Professor Hawthorne advised: "The treatment for scabies is a topical cream or lotion - the most commonly used are permethrin cream and malathion lotion - that can be purchased in pharmacies ...