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==Overview==
==Overview==
No treatment in common use is 100% effective.  The most comprehensive medical review found that no treatment method was more than 73% effective and using a [[placebo]] had a 27% average success rate.   
No treatment in common use is 100% effective.  The most comprehensive medical review found that no treatment method was more than 73% effective and using a [[placebo]] had a 27% average success rate.   
==Treatment==
The [[American Family Physician]] recommends:{{ref|afp2005}}
<center>
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding=5
| First-line therapy  || over the counter [[salicylic acid]]
|-
| Second-line therapy || [[Cryosurgery]], intralesional [[immunotherapy]], or pulsed dye laser therapy
|-
| Third-line therapy  || [[Bleomycin]], surgical excision
|}
</center>
[[Podiatrist]]s and [[Dermatology|dermatologists]] are considered specialists in the treatment of plantar warts, though most warts are treated by [[primary care physician]]s.
; [[Keratolytic|Keratolytic Chemicals]]: The [[treatment of warts by keratolysis]] involves the peeling away of dead surface skin cells with [[trichloroacetic acid]] or [[salicylic acid]].
; [[Immunotherapy]]: Intralesional injection of antigens ([[mumps]], candida or trichophytin antigens USP) is a new wart treatment which may trigger a host immune response to the wart virus, resulting in wart resolution. Distant, non-injected warts may also disappear.
; [[Chemotherapy]]: Topical application of dilute [[glutaraldehyde]] (a virucidal chemical, used for cold sterilization of surgical instruments) is an older effective wart treatment.  More modern chemotherapy agents, like 5-fluoro-uracil, are also effective topically or injected intralesionally. [[Retinoid]]s, systemically (eg. [[isotretinoin]]) or topically ([[tretinoin]] cream) may be effective.
:As warts are contagious, precautions should be taken to avoid spreading.
==References==
==References==
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{{reflist|2}}

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