Suggest Dosage For Ivermectin While Having Parasitic Infection In Adults

Posted on Wed, 14 Dec 2016

Question: How do you figure the dosage for ivermectin in adults. I am an adult woman and weigh 180. My pills are 3 mgm.

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (34 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
is it for scabies?

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

ivermectin can be used for a variety of parasitic infections. You haven't mentioned any diagnosis..

For strongyloidiasis the dosage for your weight would be 16mg per day. It has to be taken for 2 days and be repeated at 15 days.

For onchocerciasis the dosage is 12mg once and repeat the dosage after 3-6 months.

For head lice usually local application is used (lotions). If you have to take it by mouth then the dosage is 20mg. It is taken once and has to be repeated after 1 and 2 weeks.

Finally for scabies the dosage is 16mg (once). In patients with HIV more doses are needed with 14 days interval.

I hope it helps!
Kind Regards!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (2 days later)

i already submitted a follow-up question but have received no reply

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
no visible question besides your first one

Detailed Answer:
I'm sorry but there is no question here, I can only see your first question and one follow-up question 3 hours ago ("i already submitted a follow-up question but have received no reply").

Perhaps you wrote but did not submit the question. You can send it directly at my email address for convenience. This is my email address: YYYY@YYYY

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (7 hours later)

Dr. Zografakis, I just tried to send an E-mail to your direct email address and it was rejected twice. My question was: I have 10/ 3mg tablets and if I need 16mg do I take 5 nor 6? I think I have filial worms in my subcutaneous skin so do I need to treat 2 days? If so, should I take 5 pills each day or 6 pills the first day (18mg) and 4 pills the second day? Also how do the worms leave my body?

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
for filaria (onchocerciasis) it's 12mg

Detailed Answer:
I can see your questions now. It seems that the previous one was not submitted.

If you have filaria (you need a diagnosis first!) then the treatment with ivermectin refers to onchocerciasis (river blindness disease) and would be 12mg (single dose) for your weight so there is no problem with the pills. The treatment may have to be repeated 3-6 months later until the symptoms disappear completely. The drugs will take care of the worms. In case there is co-infection with loa loa doxycycline will have to be used too.

Kind Regards!

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar