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Active Ingredient(s): Lindane
FDA Approved: * December 19, 1974
Pharm Company: * REED AND CARNRICK
Category: Scabies & Lice

* This drug may consist of multiple approval dates, manufacturers, or distributors. If applicable, they would be listed below under "NDC Database Records".

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Lindane, also known as gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH), gammaxene, Gammallin and sometimes incorrectly called benzene hexachloride (BHC),[2] is an organochlorine chemical and an isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane that has been used both as an agricultural insecticide and as a pharmaceutical treatment for lice and scabies.[3] Lindane is a neurotoxin that interferes with GABA neurotransmitter function by interacting with the GABAA receptor-chloride channel ...

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Other drugs which contain Lindane or a similar ingredient: (3 results)

• KILDANE Lindane
• LINDANE 2 discussions
• SCABENE Lindane

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