What Over The Counter Medicine I Use For Hpv (gentital Warts)?
Over the counter medications should NOT be used for genital warts!
Over the counter medications like Compound W are meant for warts on the hands, feet, elbows, knees, etc. The medication is NOT intended for the genital area.
The genital area is a VERY sensitive area compared to other parts on the body like the hands and feet.
Compound W contains salicylic acid which literally causes the outer layer of skin to peel off. If it’s used too much it can even cause 2nd and 3rd degree burns. Could you imagine having 2nd and/or 3rd degree burns on your genital area? OUCH!
Aldara cream and Condylox lotion/gel can be used to treat genital/anal warts. These medications ARE intended for the genital area, but they require a prescription. Both of these medications can also cause 2nd and 3rd degree burns if used too much or incorrectly, so it’s important that the person using it reads the directions carefully.
I have personally used Aldara cream and I thought it worked great! It got rid of my warts after about 5 weeks of using it and they have never came back (luckily)!
Take care!
There are treatments for genital warts, though the warts often disappear even without treatment. There is no way to predict whether the warts will grow or disappear. Therefore, if you suspect you have genital warts, you should be examined and treated, if necessary.
Depending on factors such as the size and location of your genital warts, your health care provider will offer you one of several ways to treat them.
Imiquimod cream
20 percent podophyllin antimitotic solution
0.5 percent podofilox solution
5 percent 5-fluorouracil cream
Trichloroacetic acid (TCA)
If you are pregnant, you should not use podophyllin or podofilox because they are absorbed by your skin and may cause birth defects in your baby. In addition, you should not use 5-fluorouracil cream if you are pregnant.
If you have small warts, your health care provider can remove them by one of three methods.
Freezing (cryosurgery)
Burning (electrocautery)
Laser treatment
If you have large warts that have not responded to other treatment, you may have to have surgery to remove them.
Some health care providers inject the antiviral drug alpha interferon directly into warts that have returned after removal by traditional means. The drug is expensive, however, and does not reduce the rate that the genital warts return.
Although treatments can get rid of the warts, none get rid of the virus. Because the virus is still present in your body, warts often come back after treatment. http://helpforgenitalwarts.com/genital-warts-treatment/ "
I don’t know of any over the counter meds. They are a couple that can be given with a prescription.
please don’t attempt any over the counter meds for warts. The compound W stuff is for different skin much tougher. you will cause some major burns. go to the doc and get proper solution for removal. I believe is alderra or something like that