Permethrin cream is used to treat scabies also known as Norwegian scabies. Scabies is an contagious skin infection caused by mites.

1. Permethrin cream. Permethrin is a skin cream with chemicals that kill mites that cause scabies and their eggs. ...

2. Sulfur cream. Sulfur cream is a scabies treatment that can be applied overnight, rinsed off and then reapplied for five nights in a row. ...

3. Ivermectin (Stromectol).

Yes, one of the fatal side effects of using Permethrin is trouble breathing and wheezing. This could cause a person that has asthma to go into an attack.

no

Permethrin is designed to kill insects and other non-mammals. It is not very toxic for humans. It is also poorply absorbed through the skin. Maybe taking a bath in concentrated permethrin could kill you, but any permethrin cream designed for use in humans probably has very little chance of doing anything that is not designed to. (Especially if you follow the directions). -Zach