The drug’s effect may even continue well after completion of therapy, the new data suggests.

After two cycles of 1% 5-fluorouracil, patients in a small study experienced clinical improvement lasting up to 55 months.

A study demonstrated its benefits in reducing the signs of demodicosis, sustained up to one year after the treatment was prescribed.

Children in poorer regions were three times more likely to die.

One possible explanation is that this age group’s increased prevalence and severity of mite infestation could have a desensitizing effect on the ocular surface over time, researchers suggest.

In clinical trials, Xdemvy was able to significantly reduce or eradicate mite infestation in six weeks and showed some improvement within 15 days.

Possibly due to topical steroid use, mite infestation was more common in these patients.

The group was evenly split between advocating blepharoexfoliation or tea tree oil.