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should i avoid my dog while using permethrin?

so i found out i have scabies and was given 5% permethrin and im wondering since it is a neurotoxin, should i avoid my dog? she is a 3 pound chihuahua and she usually sleeps with me at night but im scared she might absorb some of the neurotoxins from my body..

Update:

really?

the doctor said to put it from my neck down to the soles of my feet

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    no don;t worry i spray it around my house all the time to kill ticks and my dogs walk in it too.you can even spray it on a dog to kill ticks

    i hope you rubbed it in your hair too.or it won't work.you must have it covering every part of your body.

    i once had them too

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