SUBJECT: Lindane; Chemical No. 009001. Revised Assessment of Risk from Use of Lindane for Treatment of Lice and Scabies

Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of Lindane 1% Lotion in the Treatment of Scabies

Background: Scabies is one of the health care problems in our community and is an endemic problem at any time. Its current therapy in Iran is lindane 1% lotion, which is deleted from market in many countries because of multiple side effects and better alternatives. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and side effects of lindane in patients with scabies and to replace lindane with...

The Comparison of Oral Ivermectin and Topical Lindane in the Treatment of Scabies

Background: Scabies is a common skin disease and a public health problem. The topical antiscabietics have a poor compliance. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of oral Ivermectin with topical Lindane solution in the treatment of scabies. Methods: This was a prospective comparative open study. Fifty seven patients were randomized in two groups. One group (32 patients) received 200...

Last call for Lindane.

Lindane is losing much of any luster it once had. The pesticide, once widely used to kill lice and a variety of pests that attack agricultural products, livestock, and trees, has slowly been eliminated from many applications since the mid-1970s. As long ago as the early 1980s, three U.S. organizations petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban lindane following an FDA doctor’...

Concerns over lindane treatment for scabies and lice.

Unintentional topical lindane ingestions--United States, 1998-2003.

Lindane is an organochlorine pesticide found in certain prescription-only shampoos and topical lotions used to treat pediculosis (i.e., lice infestation) and scabies; lindane has been associated with human neurologic toxicity. In 2004, CDC was alerted to cases of illness caused by unintentional ingestion of lindane by persons mistaking the product for a liquid oral medication (e.g., cough syrup...