Apart from treatments such as Freezing (liquid nitrogen therapy, or cryotherapy), minor surgery and laser surgery, doctors also try some medications to get rid of warts. Some of them are:
Cantharidin: Most of the doctors use Cantharidin to treat the patients with warts. Cantharidin is nothing but the substance which is extracted from the blister beetle of your warts. This extract is then mixed with other chemicals and applied on the skin and covered using a bandage. This application is somewhat painless, but the skin blister will be painful and it may leads to swelling. This method of medication helps to lifts the wart from your skin, so that your doctor can remove it easily.
Immunotherapy: Topical immunotherapy medications are mostly recommended for stubborn warts. However, these medications are not right option to cure warts because the warts may return when you stop these medications.
Bleomycin: This medication is very powerful as it helps to kill the viruses. Some of the side effects of this medicine include damage to the nerves and skin and nail loss.
Retinoids: This medication is derived from vitamin A which helps to disrupt the cell growth on the wart's skin. This medication comes in two forms such as cream or oral from.
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