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Compounding for Warts
Custom dermatological compounds that are efficacious and economical.
The term 'verruca' was first used by Sennertus, the renowned German physician. Originally meaning a steep place or height, Sennertus applied the term to warts because 'They appear on the surface of the skin like the eminences of little hills'. Compounding offers multiple methods to resolve warts. 1
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Warts are benign skin growths caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) infecting the top layer of the skin. Wart viruses are contagious and can spread through direct contact with the wart or a contaminated surface. 2
Common in children, warts are typically raised bumps, skin-colored, and rough to the touch. They can also be darker in color (brown or even gray-black), flat, and smooth. It is common for warts to grow on hands. Ultimately, the type of wart is determined by where it grows on the body and what it looks like.
Common warts (also called Verruca vulgaris) commonly:
Foot warts (also called plantar warts)
Flat warts
Filiform warts
Warts may resolve without treatment, especially in children. Patients who do not successfully resolve their warts, who suffer pain, or have multiple warts should be treated. Warts may persist even following treatment. Managing patient expectations is, therefore, an important component of support. Successful shedding of virus cells onto the skin before treatment may allow the wart to return, either in a new location or the original. Thus, early intervention is advised.
Treatment strategies should be customized according to the patient’s age and health as well as the wart type. Options include:
Blistering: This treatment cuts off the blood supply to the wart. Blistering may be painful, which is why it is not commonly practiced on young children.
Chemical blister: Compounded Cantharidin solution may be painted onto a wart to induce a blister to form underneath. This practice allows the dead wart to be removed within a week or so.
Cryotherapy: Freezing with liquid nitrogen is a popular treatment option in adults and older children. Repeated treatments may be required. Patients with melanin-rich skins (dark skins) are at greater risk of developing dark spots.
Chemical peels: Flat warts often respond well to peels. Common peels include salicylic acid, tretinoin, and glycolic acid, which patients can self-administer daily. This treatment is cost-effective but may require several weeks of daily use to see results.
Salicylic acid: Combined with freezing, peels with salicylic acid have excellent efficacy.
Trichloroacetic acid and curettage: Consider trichloroacetic acid if there is no response to salicylic acid. Curette the surface of the wart and paint weekly. Side effects such as burning and stinging are more apparent.
Electrosurgery and curettage: Burning is a highly effective treatment for common warts, foot warts, and filiform warts. Curettage may then be successful following the electrosurgery. Healing may take two to four weeks.
Excision: Excision is a minor surgery. The wart may be cut out, but this option may cause scarring.
Laser treatment: If a wart does not respond to other therapies, consider laser treatment and a local anesthetic for pain management. Pulsed-dye laser treatment cauterizes tiny blood vessels, killing affected tissue. It can cause pain and scarring and is not commonly practiced on young children.
Bleomycin: This anti-cancer medication shows good efficacy. However, the treatment is often painful and commonly causes side effects, such as nail loss if given in the fingers.
Immuno-stimulation: Persistent warts that do not respond well to treatment may be resolved with immunotherapy.
Allergic stimulation with diphencyprone (DCP) causes a mild allergic reaction, which may prove cross-effective against persistent warts.
Interferon, given as subcutaneous interferon-alpha, may stimulate the body’s immune system enough to assist the patient’s response to the HPV.
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| Type of Wart | Compounded Formula & Treatment Options |
|---|---|
| Common Warts |
Chemical Peels
Blistering (not recommended in young children)
Electrosurgery and curettage Excision Laser treatmen Bleomycin (consider side effects) Immuno-stimulation |
| Foot Warts |
Electrosurgery and curettage Excision Laser treatment Bleomycin (consider side effects) Immuno-stimulation |
| Flat Warts |
Chemical Peels
Electrosurgery and curettage Excision Laser treatment Bleomycin (consider side effects) Immuno-stimulation |
| Filiform Warts |
Electrosurgery and curettage Excision Laser treatment Bleomycin (consider side effects) Immuno-stimulation |
| Genital Warts |
Electrosurgery and curettage |
VLS Pharmacy & New Drug Loft can assist with compounding a customized wart removal medicine to meet your patient’s needs. Patient tolerance for pain and their skin’s response to the chemicals used to treat warts is highly variable. Effective wart removal may require customized concentrations of the therapy to ensure efficacy.
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