Warticon 0.15% w/w Cream 1.5mg/g

Țară: Malta

Limbă: engleză

Sursă: Malta Medicines Authority

Ingredient activ:

PODOPHYLLOTOXIN

Disponibil de la:

Central Procurement & Supplies Unit UB002 Industrial Estate, San Gwann SGN 3000, Malta

Codul ATC:

D06BB04

INN (nume internaţional):

PODOPHYLLOTOXIN 1.5 mg/g

Forma farmaceutică:

CREAM

Compoziție:

PODOPHYLLOTOXIN 1.5 mg/g

Tip de prescriptie medicala:

POM

Zonă Terapeutică:

ANTIBIOTICS AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTICS FOR DERMATOLOGICAL USE

Rezumat produs:

Licence number in the source country: United Kingdom - PL19494/0073

Statutul autorizaţiei:

Authorised

Data de autorizare:

2018-03-28

Prospect

June 2020
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER
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WARTICON
® 0.15% W/W CREAM
Podophyllotoxin
READ ALL OF THIS 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.
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WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET
1.
What Warticon Cream is and what it is used for
2.
What you need to know before you use Warticon Cream
3.
How to use Warticon Cream
4.
Possible side effects
5.
How to store Warticon Cream
6.
Contents of the pack and other information
1.
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.
2.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU USE WARTICON CREAM
DO NOT USE WARTICON CREAM IF:
•
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.
WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before using this medicine if:
•
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.
WARTICON CREAM IS ONLY TO BE USED ON THE AFFECTED SKIN.
Do not take Warticon Cream by mouth.
DO NOT APPLY WARTICON CREAM TO WARTS ON THE INSIDE OF THE PENIS,
VAGINA OR RECTUM.
Warticon Cream
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