Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology

SCOPUS
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 11

Analytical Methods for the determination of Anti-Scabies drugs-A Review

Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis & Quality Assurance, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, GITAM Institute of Pharmacy, GITAM (Deemed to be) University, Visakhapatnam, AP-530045, India

Abstract

Scabies is one of the dermatologic conditions that cause rashes and itching and can spread very easily from person to person through close physical contact. Scabies mites can live on a person up to 2 months and they die within 3 to 4 days once there are off the person. The most common site of infestation in adults and older children include in between the fingers, around fingernails, Armpits, waistline, inner parts of the wrists, inner elbow and soles of the feet the breasts, particularly the areas around the nipples, male genitalia, buttocks and knees. Some of the drugs used are Crotamiton, Ivermectin, Lindane and Permethrin. A brief review of the analytical Methods developed for the estimation of the above drugs was discussed in the present study.

Keywords

Analytical Methods, Anti-Scabies drugs