Ranitidine plantar warts
Ranitidine, used in plantar warts, inhibits stomach acid production. It is mainly used for overcoming peptic ulcer ailment. It was developed by Glaxo. Ranitidine for treatment of plantar warts, was developed by replacing the imidazole ring of cimetidine with a nitrogen-containing substituent. Ranitidine when for plantar warts has 10 times more activity action than that by cimetidine. [1] Ranitidine for plantar wart was introduced in 1981 and had become the world's biggest-selling advised drug up till 1988. Plantar warts are a wart caused by the human papilloma virus. Ranitidine, apart from plantar warts, is also used to cure the ulcer produced in the stomach.
Plantar warts appear mainly on the foot but it can appear anywhere over the skin especially on palms and sometimes it appears inside the stomach . To inhibit the growth of these plantar warts, Ranitidine is mainly used. Plantar warts may or may not be painful. The plantar warts generally spread through the use of public showers or by sharing shoes. The skin on the underside of the foot generally becomes harder and thicker. The treatment of plantar warts becomes generally more difficult. These plantar warts make it difficult to walk and run for the person having warts over other organs of body.
Applications:
- The application of ranitidine on plantar warts also helps in the treatment of upper gastrointestinal bleeding
- It is used to prevent stress ulcers
- To prevent stomach damage this technique could be used
- Apart from Plantar Warts, Ranitidine also prevents injury of the food pipe.
- It further decreases the amount of acid made in the stomach which is the most necessary application of ranitidine, besides its use for plantar warts
- To treat symptoms of heartburn, ranitidine is sometimes used
- To avoid production of too much acid in stomach, Ranitidine is popularly used
Thus besides plantar warts, Ranitidine is also used for treating the acid production in the stomach and prevention of ulcer production too.
Reference:
1. Michnovicz J J, “Cimetidine inhibits catechol estrogen metabolism”, 1991.