Topical lindane drugs to prescription drug class.

Because of adverse reactions the topical drugs (cream, lotion etc.) containing lindane have been reclassified from the OTC to the prescription drugs with warnings of adverse reactions. The lindane topic drugs were used for parasitic lice or scabies but found to cause a risk of the CNS adverse reactions. Accordingly, the KFDA has transferred this group into the prescription drug class on the dat...