Medicines for HPV and warts: reducing recurrence
This lesson is part of the WARTES HPV Masterclass. Preview: the first part of the narration.
After we treat the warts, is our fight against HPV over? No. Removing the visible warts does not mean that every cell carrying HPV is gone. This is where the second group of medicines comes in. These medicines aim to reduce recurrence and help your body clear the virus.
They regulate the immune system, strengthen the local defence, and support the tissues affected by HPV. Let's start with inosine pranobex. It is taken by mouth, and it aims to support your immune system in its fight against the virus.
It can regulate the response of immune cells that act against infected cells, such as T lymphocytes and natural killer cells. In one study, adding inosine pranobex to conventional treatment raised the success rate in genital warts from 41% to 94%.
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