VijayR Thawani|SmitaN Mali|Kunda Gharpure|Viraj Uttamrao Shingade|Ganesh Dakhale|NarendraP Bachewar
Comparison of safety, efficacy, and cost effectiveness of benzyl benzoate, permethrin, and ivermectin in patients of scabies
Government Medical College|Government Medical College|Government Medical College|Government Medical College|Government Medical College|ACPM Dental College and Hospital
bobjectiveb compare three treatment modalities scabies safety efficacy economy local population nagpurbrbmaterials methodsb prospective randomized comparative clinical trial conducted 103 participants randomly allocated three groups first group received benzyl benzoate bb 25 lotion second group received permethrin 5 cream whereas third group received tablet ivermectin 200 gkg single dose participants recalled one week followup evaluation signs cure intervention repeated participants followed two weeks cure rate adverse drug reaction adr monitoring postintervention observation followup stopped two weeksbrbstatisticsb fischers exact test using graph pad instat v 305brbresultsb ivermectin showed 100 cure rate two weeks treatment permethrin decreased pruritus 76 end one week significantly better cure rate ivermectin end two weeks treatment finding reversed cure rate ivermectin group 100 costeffectiveness analysis treatment regimens formulated hypothetically comparison markov population tree decision analysis found bb ivermectin consecutively two weeks cost effective regimens giving complete cure four weeks ivermectin fastest regimen giving results two weeksbrbconclusionb benzyl benzoate first line intervention ivermectin remaining gave best costeffective results study patients scabies