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| - Ivermectin is a medication that is effective against many types of parasites. It is used to treat head lice, scabies, river blindness, strongyloidiasis, and lymphatic filariasis, among others. It can be either applied to the skin or taken by mouth. The eyes should be avoided. Common side effects include red eyes, dry skin, and burning skin. It is in the avermectin family of medications, which work by causing the membrane of invertebrate nerve and muscle cells to become more permeable to chloride ions, resulting in paralysis and death. It is used to treat rosacea.
- Ivermectin is a broad spectrum anti-parasite medication. It is most widely used to combat river blindness but works against a wide variety of ringworms, mites and lice as well, including strongyloides. It cannot be used against tapeworms.
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| - Ivermectin is a broad spectrum anti-parasite medication. It is most widely used to combat river blindness but works against a wide variety of ringworms, mites and lice as well, including strongyloides. It cannot be used against tapeworms. Ivermectin is derived from a chemical found inside some bacteria. The chemical interferes with muscle function and the ability of nerves to refrain from firing. This combination will eventually kill most small multi-cellular life forms. The drug may have the same effect in humans and other mammals who are treated with the veterinary version of the drug, causing ataxia and other muscle control symptoms, but these are rare and generally non-life threatening in mammals. However, some breeds of dog are particularly susceptible to the effect and treatment with ivermectin may be deadly. Long used in veterinary medicine, there were only limited trials of the drug on humans up until the 1980s. However, initial human trials were very promissing and Ivermectin quickly replaced many of the more toxic alternatives for parasite treatment. Now because of its safety in most humans, ivermectin can be given when parasites are even suspected without fear of adverse reaction.
- Ivermectin is a medication that is effective against many types of parasites. It is used to treat head lice, scabies, river blindness, strongyloidiasis, and lymphatic filariasis, among others. It can be either applied to the skin or taken by mouth. The eyes should be avoided. Common side effects include red eyes, dry skin, and burning skin. It is in the avermectin family of medications, which work by causing the membrane of invertebrate nerve and muscle cells to become more permeable to chloride ions, resulting in paralysis and death. Ivermectin is a broad-spectrum antiparasitic agent, traditionally against parasitic worms. It is mainly used in humans in the treatment of onchocerciasis (river blindness), but is also effective against other worm infestations (such as strongyloidiasis, ascariasis, trichuriasis, filariasis and enterobiasis), and some epidermal parasitic skin diseases, including scabies. Ivermectin can be very effective against insects that draw blood from humans as food. It is used to combat bedbugs where the drug enters the human bloodstream and if the bedbugs bite during that time, they will die in a few days. It is used to treat rosacea. Ivermectin is most often sold as the brand Stromectol. In veterinary medicine ivermectin is used against many intestinal worms (but not tapeworms), most mites, and some lice. Despite this, it is not effective for eliminating ticks, flies, flukes, or fleas. It is effective against larval heartworms, but not against adult heartworms, though it may shorten their lives.
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