Read all of this Warticon leaflet carefully before you start using this medicine because it contains important information for you.
- Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
- If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
- This medicine has been prescribed for you. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours.
- If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4.
- What Warticon Cream is and what it is used for
- What you need to know before you use Warticon Cream
- How to use Warticon Cream
- Possible side effects
- How to store Warticon Cream
- Contents of the pack and other information
What Warticon Cream is and what it is used for
Warticon Cream contains a medicine called podophyllotoxin. This is a plant extract which belongs to a group of medicines called ‘antivirals’. Warticon Cream is used to treat genital warts. It is used for warts on the penis in men or external warts on the vagina in women.What you need to know before you use Warticon Cream
Do not use Warticon Cream if:
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- you are allergic (hypersensitive) to podophyllotoxin or any of the other ingredients of Warticon Cream (listed in section 6)
- your warts are on areas of broken/damaged or bleeding skin
- you are already using another medicine containing podophyllotoxin.
- your warts cover an area bigger than 4 centimetres (approximately the size of a postage stamp). You may need to have this medicine applied by a nurse/doctor in a clinic.
- It is advisable to avoid sex during treatment with Warticon Cream. You should wait until your warts have gone and your skin has healed
- Genital warts are contagious. You can give them to, or get them from, a sexual partner.
- Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant
- Use a reliable method of contraception to prevent pregnancy, while you are using Warticon Cream
- If you do become pregnant during treatment with Warticon Cream, tell your doctor.
How to use Warticon Cream
Always use Warticon Cream exactly as your doctor has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure. Using Warticon Cream- Apply Warticon Cream twice a day, in the morning and evening (every 12 hours) for 3 days.
- Do not apply any cream for the next 4 days. This completes one treatment course.
- When you apply Warticon cream, after two or three days you may notice mild irritation of the areas treated. This shows that Warticon Cream is starting to work. However, Warticon cream can cause severe skin reactions. If this occurs, stop using Warticon Cream and seek medical attention. See ‘Possible side effects’ in section 4 for further information.
- If you still have any warts remaining 7 days after you started using the cream, repeat the treatment course (twice a day for 3 days followed by 4 days where you do not use the cream).
- A maximum of 4 treatment courses may be applied.
- If any warts remain after 4 treatment courses consult your doctor.
- Wash the affected areas with soap and water. Dry the area gently with a clean towel.
- It may help you to view the area to be treated, if you sit down and place the mirror as shown in the diagram below.
- Using a fingertip, apply Warticon Cream to cover each wart. Use only enough cream to cover each wart.
- Rub the cream into the wart. Be careful not to get the cream onto healthy skin. If this happens, wash the cream off with soap and water.
- Wash your hands thoroughly.
- Make sure you have screwed the lid back on tightly.
- If you get Warticon Cream in your eye, rinse the eye thoroughly with water and talk to your doctor.
- If you accidentally get Warticon Cream in your mouth, rinse at once with water.
- If you accidentally swallow some of the cream see your doctor or go to hospital straight away. Take the tube of cream with you so that the doctor knows what you have swallowed.
Possible side effects
Like all medicines, Warticon Cream can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. If you experience any of the following serious side effects, stop using Warticon Cream and seek medical attention:- severe burning, stinging, pain, bleeding, itching or swelling of the treated skin. If these symptoms occur, wash Warticon Cream from your skin with soap and water immediately.
- wearing away of the top layers of skin, application site irritation including redness, itching, burning sensation
- allergic reaction, pain, swelling, bleeding
- damage to or loss of the top layer of skin, weeping wound
- skin ulcer, scab, skin discoloration, dry skin, blister.
How to store Warticon Cream
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- Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
- Do not use Warticon Cream after the expiry date which is stated on the tube and carton (after “EXP:”). The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
- Warticon Cream does not require any special storage conditions.
- Do not throw away any medicines via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medicines no longer required. These measures will help protect the environment.
Contents of the pack and other information
What Warticon Cream contains
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- The active substance is podophyllotoxin 0.15% w/w (1.5 miligram per gram of Warticon Cream).
- The other ingredients are: purified water, methyl parahydroxybenzoate (E218), propyl parahydroxybenzoate (E216), sorbic acid, phosphoric acid, stearyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, isopropyl myristate, liquid paraffin, trigylcerides – medium chain, butyl hydroxyanisole (E320), macrogol – 7 stearyl ether, macrogol – 10 stearyl ether.