Benzyl Benzoate, lotion

Generic Name: Benzyl Benzoate

Brand Names:

Availability: Easily Available

Drug Class: Scabicide

Therapeutic action

  • Scabicide

Indications

  • Scabies (preferably use 5% permethrin cream for this indication)

Forms and strengths

  • 25% lotion

Preparation and use

  • Shake the bottle before application or dilution.
  • Dilute the lotion, as required, according to age. Use drinking or boiled water.
  • Apply the lotion to the whole body, including scalp, postauricular areas, palms of the hands and soles of the feet, paying particular attention to skin creases and inter digital web spaces. Leave on for recommended contact time, then rinse thoroughly with water.
  • In children under 2 years: wrap hands to avoid accidental ingestion and contact with eyes.
 

Child

< 2 years

Child

2 to 12 years

Child > 12 years and adultPregnant woman

 

 

Preparation

1part of

25% lotion

+3 parts of water

1part of

25% lotion

+1 part of water

 

Undiluted  25% lotion

 

Undiluted 25% lotion

 

 

Contact time

12 hours

(6 hours in children

< 6 months)

 

 

24 hours

 

 

24 hours

 

 

12 hours

 

 

Number of applications

 

 

One application only

Two applications (e.g. 24 hours apart, with a rinse between the two applications; or two successive applications 10 minutes apart, when the first application has dried, then rinse after 24 hours)

 

 

One application only

Contra-indications, adverse effects, precautions

  • Do not apply to broken skin (risk of systemic absorption), the face or mucous membranes.
  • May cause: burning sensation; contact dermatitis in case of repeated applications; seizures in the event of marked transcutaneous absorption; rarely: hypersensitivity reactions.
  • Avoid contact with eyes. In case of accidental contact, flush immediately with plenty of water.
  • Pregnancy: no contra-indication
  • Breast-feeding: no contra-indication. Do not apply to the breasts.

Remarks

  • Close contacts should be treated at the same time regardless of whether they have symptoms or not. Decontaminate, after each treatment, the clothes and bed linen of patients and close contacts: wash ≥ 60 °C and dry in the sun, or leave in direct sunlight or seal in a plastic bag for 72 hours.
  • Itching may persist for up to4 weeks after the end of treatment (allergic reaction to dead parasites). Do not re-treat during this period.The treatment may be repeated if specific scabies lesions (scabious burrows) are still present after this period.
  • Prepare dilution in a glass container. The lotion may damage certain plastics.

Storage

– Below 25 °C