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level: Antiscabious and Antipedicular Agents

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Question	Answer
organism that thrives under conditions of poor personal hygiene.	Sarcoptes scabiei,
1 are compound used to control the mite Sarcoptes scabiei. 2 used to eliminate head, body, and crab lice.	1 Scabicides (antiscabious agents) 2 Pediculicide
Scabicides and Pediculicides must kill __	adult parasites and destroy their eggs
naturally occurring ester obtained from Peru balsam and other resins Prepared synthetically from benzyl alcohol and benzyl chloride Immediate relief from itching probably results from local anesthetic effect Complete cure: single application of 25% emulsion in oleic acid stabilized with triethanolamine odorless, nonstaining, nonirritating	Benzyl Benzoate
direct contact poison, fumigant effect, stomach poison Local: cream, lotion or shampoo lipid soluble Prepared by chlorination of benzene	Lindane BN: Scabene, Kwildane, G-Well
available in 10% concentration in a lotion and a cream intended for the topical treatment of scabies Antipruritc effects is probably because of a local anesthetic action.	Crotamiton
Exerts lethal against lice, ticks, mites, and fleas Treatment for head lice (1% sol effect cures 99%)	Permethrin
Permethrin MOA	Acts in nerve cell membrane of the parasites to disrupt sodium channel conductance. (nerve poisoning)