Dear all:

This really hits home because my son's entire fourth grade class had head lice.  Many 
children multiple times.  I had gone on the theory (which worked up until recently) that 
because my son hated having his hair washed, he would be less likely to become infested 
with lice. The homeless do not usually get head lice.  My son started to use cream rinse 
and he was one of the entire class that got lice.  Almost all the boys have shaved heads 
because that was the easiest approach.  I'm assuming that as with many of us, this 
mother would really not want to go to such a drastic extreme.

I received this through medscape reviews which seems safer, but I'm sure there are 
some herbal treatments that may be safer as well.  The article makes it clear that there 
is a rising resistance to the standard treatments anyway.

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April 16, 2009 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved artemether-
lumefantrine tablets for the treatment of acute, uncomplicated malaria and benzyl alcohol 
5% lotion for the treatment of head lice.

Here' the link for the head lice article:
http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/591153?src=cmemp


In any case, I would trust Hale and Frank Nice on the implications of lice treatments 
breastmilk.  

Susan Burger

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