Trial outcome: A French study found no added benefit from doubling the ivermectin dose for severe scabies when paired with permethrin. Patient profile: Participants were mostly older adults, many ...

Ivermectin is primarily used in dogs for the prevention and treatment of heartworm disease. The parasitic worm Dirofilaria immitis, living in the heart and pulmonary arteries of dogs, causes this ...

For adults with severe scabies, higher-dose ivermectin plus permethrin is not superior to standard-dose ivermectin plus permethrin, according to a study published in the New England Journal of ...

Researchers conducted a blinded, randomized trial of 132 adults with confirmed severe scabies (profuse or crusted) between October 2017 and January 2025 in France. Participants were randomly assigned ...

In a recent study published in JAMA, researchers evaluate the efficacy of ivermectin in a maximum dosage of 600 μg/kg/day over six days in treating early mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease 2019 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bed nets and insecticide spraying have reduced malaria, but progress has stalled, researchers said. Mass ...

SEATTLE -- A higher dose of ivermectin given for a longer duration still failed to offer any benefit in mild to moderate COVID-19, data from a large randomized U.S. trial showed. In the ACTIV-6 trial ...

"Beyond showing that a higher dose of ivermectin was no better than the standard dose in curing severe scabies, the results of our trial show that repeated administration of oral ivermectin at a dose ...

A 400 μg/kg body weight plus 5% permethrin cream was found to be not superior to 200 μg/kg body weight plus permethrin. HealthDay News — For adults with severe scabies, higher-dose ivermectin plus ...