Alternate Name(s): Plane juvenile warts; Periungual warts; Subungual warts; Plantar warts; Verruca; Verrucae planae juveniles; Filiform warts; Verruca vulgaris ... Over-the-counter medications can remove warts. These are applied to the wart every day for several weeks. DO NOT use these medications on your face or genitals. It helps to file the wart down when damp (for example, after a bath or shower) ...
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PEOPLE'S PHARMACY RESPONSE: A PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL OF CIMETIDINE (TAGAMET) FOR WARTS DID NOT SHOW A BENEFIT, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TOLD US THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS TREATMENT.
www.peoplespharmacy.com/2005/10/18/tagamet-for-warts/ www.peoplespharmacy.com/2005/10/18/tagamet-for-warts/
Cimetidine (Tagamet) is known to stimulate T-lymphocyte populations, which are important in controlling viral infections. At a dosage of 30 to 40 mg per kg per day, it has been tried with varying success in the treatment of warts.
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Sorry I did not mention Cimetidine (Tagamet). There have bee many, some OK, two reports that Cimetidine is OK maybe useful in treating warts in children but not in adults. Why the discrepancy? The answer seems related to dose.
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Getting Rid of Warts ... I found this out accidently, in my teens I had over twenty warts of different sizes, the one on the palm of my hand hurt the most. I tried Wart Remover with no success. I had it cauterized, it regrew. ... WARTS: I dipped a very small piece of cotton in ACV, put this directly on the wart,
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Health News - Tagamet for Warts ... How Tagamet might work remains elusive, though one theory has it the drug modifies the immune system so the body attacks the virus that causes warts.
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Health News - Treating Warts With Tagamet ... Q. My 9-year-old son has a wart on his toe that is about the size of 4 or 5 regular warts clumped together. He has had every topical application available multiple times without result. His doctor recently prescribed Tagamet.
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From: crowem@occ-uky.campus.mci.net (Mike Crowe) Is anyone using Tagamet (cimetidine) alone or in combination with other therapy for resistant warts? ...
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Plantar Warts [posted 1/13/99]; Question: My 12 year old daughter has planter warts. Her podiatrist has prescribed Tagamet for 2 months. I find this odd. I have not been able to find anything saying this treatment has been used.
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Tagamet is an oral medication used for ulcers that may help boost the immune response. It is only effective in children, and not consistently so. Burning warts off with a CO2 Laser or electric needle is often effective, but scars.
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