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Health & Fitness

DOCTORS ARE PRESCRIBING BAD TREATMENTS FOR LICE

Some physicians are beginning to prescribe antibiotics such as Septra and Bactrim (both containing a combination of trimethotrim and sulfamethoxazole) as a treatment for head lice.   These treatments have not been proven to work.  They are intended to eliminate a bacterium within the guts of lice which is necessary for their survival. Harvard School of Public Health does not endorse this practice for two reasons. First, use of antibiotics has not been proven effective as a means of treatment for head lice infestations. Second, unnecessary use of these drugs may accelerate bacteria resistance and diminish the effectiveness of antibiotics that may be needed to fight life-threatening infections.  Lice Lifters Treatment  Centers offer a safe heat treatment that works 99.99% of the time.

Don’t use ineffective prescriptions they have dangerous and life lasting side effects.  Lice Lifters Treatment Centers offer the only safe treatment as well as our Nit Nanny Products are chemical free.  We smother the Lice! www.licelifters.com  www.thenitnanny.com





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