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Lice Treatment
Treatment for lice includes:
  • Washing clothes and bedding in hot water every day
  • Insecticide shampoo
  • Insecticide cream
  • Oral medications
Nonprescription insecticide shampoos:
Prescription insecticide shampoos:
Insecticide creams:
  • Mercuric oxide:
    • Used for lice on the eyelashes
  • Malathion (Ovide lotion)
Oral insecticide medication:
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Last Updated: Jul 2, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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