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 ...

We asked pediatricians from all over Germany to send us head lice and received 146 samples, including some of nits only. Using our polymerase-chain-reaction assay targeting the gene encoding the alpha ...

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 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.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

(Beyond Pesticides, February 23, 2009) Permethrin and lindane metabolites are found in children who use lice shampoos containing the insecticides, according to researchers affiliated with the Centers ...

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, ...