Syed Muhammad Azam Bokhari, Muhammad Arif Mann, Javed Iqbal.
A randomized, controlled trial to compare the efficiency of 1% Lindane (Scabene) cream and 5% Permethrim (Lotrix) cream for the treatment of Scabies.
J Pak Assoc Derma Jan ;10(2):2-4.

A randomized, controlled trial was conducted to compared the efficacy and safety of single overnight whole body application of 1% Lindane (Scabene) Cream and 5% Permethrin (Lotrix) cream at Dermatology Department, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, in 80 patients from 1st April 1999 to 31st December 1999. At 7 +/- 3 days after treatment one third of all patients were clinically improved in both groups though the lesions were partially healed. At 28 +/- 7 days after treatment the success rate was 92% in case of Lindane 1% cream and 87.58% in case of permethrin 5% cream. Scabies is a common disease caused by a mite. Sarcoptes scabei. Human scabies has played a modest but not insignificant role in history. The objective of this study was to compare 1% Lindane Cream with 5% permethrin cream for management of Scabies.

PakMediNet -Pakistan's largest Database of Pakistani Medical Journals - http://www.pakmedinet.com