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 ...

Paired with topical permethrin, a higher dose of oral ivermectin was not superior to a standard dose for cure of severe scabies, a randomized trial showed. Among patients using 5% topical permethrin ...

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 ...