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A 40-year-old member asked:

What happens if i overdose on permethrin?

2 doctor answers4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Barry Resnik
Dermatology 33 years experience
Tough to overdose: Using Permethrin as directed makes it difficult to overdose with this cream. Using anything indiscriminately is certainly not good practice.
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Dr. Joseph Bark
Dermatology 51 years experience
Topical?: I am not familiar with this ever happening.
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