Genital warts treatment

Genital warts treatment methods and medication

Genital warts treatments includes medications, freezing genital warts with liquid nitrogen or genital warts treatment through surgical excision and laser abation.

In many cases genital warts treatment needs to be applied more than once in order to be successful. Sometimes the treatment of gential warts can last for months.

Surgical genital warts treatment is done under local anaesthesia. Carbon dioxide laser treatment is used for extensive or recurrent genital warts and this genital warts treatment procedure requires local, regional, or general anesthesia. Genital warts treatment by freezing them with liquid nitrogen (cryotherapy) is done by a clinician who puts a cold liquid chemical on the warts to remove them. Cryotherapy is the genital warts treatment procedure safe for use during pregnancy.

Other genital warts treatment methods are electrodesiccation and curettage. Genital warts treatment can aso be done with drugs. There are two types of drugs used for genital warts treatment (genital warts medication):

* keratolitics:

-Podophyllum resin (Podocon-25, Podo-Ben-25, Podofin)

- Podophyllotoxin is the active agent

-Podofilox (Condylox) -- Topical antimitotic

-Trichloroacetic (Tri-Clor), Dichloroacetic (Bichloracetic) acids - Cauterize skin

-5-Fluorouracil (Efudex, Fluoroplex) - antimetabolic, antineoplastic, and immunostimulative activity
* interferons :

-Interferon Alfa-n3 (Alferon N) - approved by the FDA for injection in refractory condyloma acuminata

Medications used for topic genital warts treatment in women are :

-Imiquimod is an immune response cream which can be applied to the affected area

-A 20 percent podophyllin anti-mitotic solution, which can be applied to the affected area and later wash off

-A 0.5 percent podofilox solution, applied to the affected area but shouldn't be washed off

-A 5 percent 5-fluorouracil cream

-Trichloroacetic acid (TCA)