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What over-the-counter medications can cure plantar warts?

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Nothing: Plantar warts are very stubborn. Dermatologists or podiatrists may help. Otc medicines like wart-off, duofilm, compound w, etc. Only making it not worsening.

Answered 9/28/2016

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Warts: Each night before going to bed soak a cotton ball in apple cider vinegar, apply it to the wart and then hold it in place with a band-aid. Leave it on all night, or if you like, 24 hours a day but change the soaked cotton and band-aid each evening for a week. The wart will swell and may throb as it reacts with the vinegar and then start to turn black within the first two days and in two weeks gone.

Answered 7/20/2012

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Salacylic acid: Dr. Schools puts out some freeze spray, you can try those. If lesion does not improve see a podiatrist or dermatologist.

Answered 11/6/2012

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Many: If you go to the pharmacy you will see sal acid patches, liquid topical acids, freezing compounds.

Answered 2/4/2013

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Dr. Libby Putnam answered

Specializes in Podiatry

Several treatments.: You can try over the counter wart removers, but be careful: i've seen them do more harm than good. Other options your doctor might offer include cryotherapy (freezing the wart), electrocautery (burning the wart), laser treatment, or several different topical chemical treatments. If the treatment is typically uncomfortable, your doctor can numb the area before proceeding.

Answered 12/10/2013

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