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Oral Zinc for Verrucae

Discussion in 'General Issues and Discussion Forum' started by NewsBot, Jan 10, 2017.

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    Oral zinc sulphate in the treatment of recalcitrant viral warts: randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial
    F.T. Al-Gurairi, M. Al-Waiz, K.E. Sharquie
    British Journal of Dermatology March 2002
     
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    Zinc Deficiency in Patients with Persistent Viral Warts
    Naeem Raza and Dilshad Ahmed Khan
    Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan 2010, Vol. 20 (2): 83-86
     
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    ZINC DEFICIENCY AND ORAL ZINC SULPHATE TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH PERSISTENT VIRAL WARTS
    Fatma H. Shabaka, Laila A. Rashed, Abeer M. Kamel, Inass M. Mohammed and Nohir M. Assem
    wjpmr, 2016,2(6), 221-225.
     
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    ...and so a pseudoscience is born ... all the above studies were done in areas where dietary zinc deficiencies are common, so supplementation will obviously help.
    BUT, to start recommending zinc as a treatment or verruca in the absence of a deficiency is quackery and pseudoscience and will just produce expensive urine.
    The body will have nowhere for the zinc to be used, so just gets excreted.
     
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    Yes. I have seen that often advised often.
     
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    EFFICACY OF ORAL ZINC SULPHATE VERSUS TOPICAL
    APPLICATION OF SALICYLIC ACID (16.7%) & LACTIC
    ACID (16.7%) COMBINATION IN THE TREATMENT OF
    PLANTAR WARTS

    DR. AZKA IQBAL et al
    Journal of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysicshttps://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/7afc/db803f7f64cb7fcf4e1e170ebc64ccf39a07.pdf
     
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    EFFICACY OF ORAL ZINC SULPHATE VERSUS TOPICAL
    APPLICATION OF SALICYLIC ACID (16.7%) & LACTIC
    ACID (16.7%) COMBINATION IN THE TREATMENT OF
    PLANTAR WARTS

    DR. AZKA IQBAL et al
    Journal of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics
     
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    Clinical use of zinc in viral warts: a systematic review of the clinical trials
    Deyu Song,Linxin Pan,Ming Zhang &Sheng Wang
    Journal of Dermatological Treatment: 28 Jun 2021
     
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    Zinc deficient --> probable increased risk for VP, so supplement with oral zinc
    Normal zinc levels --> not at increased risk for VP. If use oral supplements, excess zinc can suppress immune response.

    ie low and high levels of zinc are a problem --> do not supplement unless deficient.
     
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