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Article: Aldara Cream Stimulates Body's Natural Defenses to Clear Genital Warts Infection, New Research Shows
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- September 9, 1998
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Patient-Applied Prescription Cream Offers Effective
Alternative to Ablative Therapies
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Aldara(TM) (imiquimod) cream 5%, a patient-applied prescription cream for the treatment of external genital and perianal warts*, stimulates the body's immune system to clear the infection, according to research published in the August issue of Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Results of a randomized, controlled trial of 20 patients with external genital warts show that Aldara cream enhances wart clearance and leads to a significant reduction in viral load of human papillomavirus (HPV) (the ...