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A member asked:
Does oral ivermectin work with getting rid of head lice and how does it work since been taking orally?
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Possibly: Since the lice must feed on your blood to live, the med works by poisoning them after a blood meal.You take/digest the med and it gets into your blood.Then your tainted blood kills the bug.
Answered 3/18/2016
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