Part of a solid scabies treatment plan is using Permethrin cream. However, it’s not always the easiest thing to get without an expensive visit to a doctor or dermatologist. This leaves most people wondering how to buy permethrin cream for their scabies treatment.
What is Permethrin cream?
Permethrin cream is an insecticide cream which is very effective at killing scabies. It is the first line of treatment that your doctor will prescribe to you after a scabies diagnosis. Normally it is sold in a 30g tube as a 5% permethrin lotion.
Permethrin cream is a central part of scabies treatment, and one of the main courses of action in my recommended 30 day scabies treatment plan.
How To buy Permethrin cream?
The easiest way to get permethrin cream is to get a prescription from your doctor. However for many people getting a prescription isn’t always possible, and in some states the cream costs over $100 per tube! That can be quite the bill when trying to treat a family of five.
Below I’m going to give you all the options possible for getting Permethrin cream; hopefully this should give you the information you need to get treat your scabies safely and affordably.
Option 1: Your doctor or dermatologist
If you live in the US and you have insurance, hopefully this should be an easy enough option. If you have a decent doctor, he will look at your skin through his microscope and identify the mites and/or burrows. Then he’ll prescribe you the cream and your insurance should cover it. Hopefully you can get prescribed the Ivermectin treatment too as they work very well in conjunction with each other.
Option 2: Buy permethrin cream online
If you don’t have access to a doctor or your doctor is useless and won’t diagnose you properly, you can purchase the Permethrin online. One store that I have purchased items from in the past is Inhouse Pharmacy. It has been a while since I purchased anything there but I believe they are still legit. I’m not affiliated with them in any way – it’s just the best place I know of to get treatments without a prescription. This is their permethrin cream, which is the same brand I also used during my treatment:
Option 3: Make permethrin cream yourself
Sometimes you can get permethrin cream on Amazon, but the listings don’t last long. However, you can buy permethrin lotion (which is used for treating animals) and make your own.
What you will need first is some basic permethrin. I would recommend using Martin’s 10% Permethrin which you can get here on Amazon.
Next you’ll need a basic body lotion or moisturizer. A generic moisturizing cream like this is ideal. You don’t want anything with too many added fragrances or chemicals.
Simply mix these two together (half a cup of one, half a cup of the other) and you will have 5% permethrin cream.
This is also great if you need to treat several people in a household, as buying multiple small tubes of permethrin is going to cost a small fortune. You can read more about buying permethrin OTC in my expanded guide here.
Make sure you use the permethrin properly!
Now that you have permethrin cream, you need to understand how to use it properly. I have a very thorough guide to using permethrin cream effectively (most people use it incorrectly, which is why it doesn’t work!) and I highly recommend reading this guide before you start your treatment. You can check out that article here.
I also have a scabies treatment guide which covers the exact treatment I used to completely cure my scabies in one month. Permethrin cream is a central part of this treatment and I recommend you check it out if you’re currently trying to treat scabies, I’m sure it will help. Click here to head over there now.
Please note: This is not medical advice. I am not a doctor or your medical advisor. Mixing your own permethrin cream is not as safe as buying it ready-made from a pharmacy. You follow this advice at your own risk. I advise you to consult your own medical professionals if you have any concerns.
Warning! Permethrin also comes made with petroleum distillates and can cause severe health, skin and respiratory problems. Use only permethrin mixed with water. I made the mistake of using the wrong one.
Is the one that he recommended here the correct one?
I’m not able to buy permethrin in the Czech republic aĆ„ Amazon đ scabies for 4 months. Our family, 3 children, using Tea tree, clove oil, aloe Vera gel, sulfur….no results, only for few days. Help!
Can you buy permethrin cream at your pharmacy? Europe shouldn’t be as strict as the US.
What do I use to stop the crawling feeling in my ear. It’s very far in.
What can be used for the inner ear safely for some type of mite I assume
Put two drops of white or brown vinegar in ear. Also witch hazel with (I think it has) 14% alcohol, just 2 to three drops. Kills mites and stops any feeling of mite movement.
I’ve been suffering with this werid inching from my 40s, 59 now. At nite my scrotum would inch so bad I had two separate hair brushes I used to find relief, even if for only that night. Would brush so hard a white powder would be airborn as I brushed extremely hard and vigorous.
Now, I used the brush on my back , and whole groin area plus stomach. So now my back and waist are pimples and inching along with legs, shins I mean. I will be using your treatment asap.
God bless you Jon. It took me a couple weeks to even figure out what it was. So…. It’s all over my body. But when it went to my face I lost my shit. I had ivermectin for my goats so in desperation and pure hatred for the scabies hord I drank it. Not bad tasting. I half expected to fall over dead. (Those doctors and therapists frigin medical warnings) Now I’m itching like a mad man. Then I found your article. You made me laugh and cry. Your a rogue ange jon. Many blessings to you and yours.
And death to all scabies. đ
Phew, that’s a bit intense! Good luck, hope it worked, depending on how much you drank, shoulda nuked em though.
Is your treatment cure just for scabies or will it cure other mite problems. I have had this problem for longer than I care to say. I am not sure what I have. At first I got the scabies burrows on my hands and other area of my body. Sometimes I’ll get the itching which is not extreme. The burrows and the itching are gone. But I still get the crawling and bitting everywhere. I’ve been to a dermatologists who says I don’t have scabies, but she can’t tell me what I have. She refuses to do a skin graph, said was a waste of time.
If it’s not extremely itchy it’s unlikely to be scabies. Not impossible, but highly unlikely.