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Article: Tagamet and warts.
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- Pediatrics for Parents
- Article date:
- December 1, 1993
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 Pediatrics for Parents, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Warts can be a difficult problem to treat. There are many different wart treatments: tropical agents, surgical removal, freezing, burning, and many others. Yet some warts defeat all treatments.
Cimetidine (Tagamet) is the drug most often used to treat ulcers and other stomach problems. It appears that cimetidine is effective in treating common and plantar warts. A study was done of 32 children with persistent warts resistant to all other treatments. During the first four ...