Ivermectin
What is Ivermectin? Ivermectin is a chemical that is mostly known as a type of insecticide that can kill the mites responsible for scabies and similar conditions in both humans and animals.
Ivermectin can also kill Demodex Mites, which has been linked to rosacea.
Ivermectin can be applied topically and also has an oral form, which is commonly used to treat mange in animals.
Galderma has been developing their own version of Ivermectin for over a decade and recently gained approval for Soolantra – a 1% Ivermectin cream formulated into Cetaphil Moisturizing Lotion. Soolantra is the FDA approved version of Ivermectin that can be used to treat rosacea.
For more information see the Soolantra Articles.
Recent Rosacea Blog Posts
Our good friend Ivermectin is in the news again, this time related to the topic on everyone’s lips – coronavirus. A just published article in Antiviral Research, described here in Warning issued as researchers reveal another potential treatment for coronavirus details that Ivermectin has been found to be effective again coronavirus in the laboratory. Previously […]
Is it safe to medicate yourself with prescription-similar treatments that you find on the internet? This is a critical question especially for rosacea sufferers who cannot afford full price rosacea prescriptions. How about if you wanted to try the active ingredient in Soolantra, cannot afford it and wanted to try a seemingly similar product […]
In recent years rosacea sufferers have had reason to think that a Vet might have some insights into treatments that could benefit them. In particular the development of ivermectin based treatments like Soolantra have drawn many similarities with the treatments for mange in animals. Vets have been treating demodex infestations with topical and oral ivermectin […]
A clinical trial supported by Galderma is to be conducted at UCSD to determine via changes in inflammatory markers, how Ivermectin works to relieve rosacea symptoms. After 12 weeks participants will be examined to determine changes in serine protease activity and expression of cathelicidin (LL-37) mRNA. Any changes found in these inflammatory markers will be correlated […]
A clinical trial has been listed that will compare an Ivermectin based cream made by Perrigo Company to a `reference’ Ivermectin product. The reference product described as a “FDA approved product to treat the inflammatory lesions of rosacea” so will be Soolantra. Perrigo might not be a well known brand – it promotes itself as; Quality […]
