Tagamet for Warts

My sisters boy, when he was in high school has a severe problem with planters warts on his foot and the doctor prescribed Tagamet in a a very large dose and it worked wonders for him. I do not know the exact amount but it was very large and the pharmacists questioned her about it.

My dermatologist prescribed me 800mg/day of Tagamet for a plantars wart and it worked! This was about 7 or 8 years ago. However, the last time I went to the Dr he wouldn't write me an Rx for it because he said it wasn't approved for that use or something to that effect.

I WAS FIGHTING PLANTARS WARTS FOR YEARS, TRIED EVERYTHING. FINALLY AGREED TO 800MG OF TAGAMET PER DAY. I'VE BEEN WART FREE FOR OVER TWO YEARS! MY NINE YEAR OLD NOW HAS A FEW, I JUST STARTED HER ON TAGAMET, 300MG A DAY. WART FREE FEET ARE WONDERFUL!!!!!!

Have had a raised ugly wart on the side of my hand for YEARS. Nothing the doctor or derma has prescribed worked. Neither anything in the drugstore, not the freeze stuff or the smelly stuff you put on with a wand. Have sliced it with a razor blade, with a pedicure file, anything for years but nothing worked. Then I found out about this alternative cure last week in a newspaper article. Purchased Tagemet yesterday AM, took a 200 mg tablet right away. Significant difference overnight! That's right, OVERNIGHT! Took another 200mg tablet this morning. (Almost) pain free and significant reduction. Can't wait to see what the next week brings.

My podiatrist had me take this for plantars warts on my foot in high school.

After having them cut, lasered, and frozen this worked. Haven't had them since. Over 12 yrs ago.

I suddenly got a bunch of warts near my fingernails and nothing worked untill Doctor gave me 800mg Tagamet and I took it once a day for 2 months and within a week of taking it they ALL disappeared, it was a miracle!!

I have been taking Cimetidine for about a week and have had AMAZING results!! I have had plantars warts COVERING my heel for about 10 years and nothing else has done anything before. They are already reduced to half in size! It is truly a miracle, I still cannot believe I will have a wart-free future to look forward to!

We finally gave Cimetidine to our 6 yr. old daughter. It's amazing! After months and months of visits to the derm., the warts on the back of her hand are gone. She had up to 40 big and tiny warts, they were starting to spread to her wrist and other hand. We'd treated them with everything! Finally 2 tsp. a day for 8 weeks and they just disappeared.

I have had dozens of unsightly warts on my back for years.  I tried Tagamet, two 200 mg tablets per day, and it has worked wonders in just a few weeks.

Although this is a little off-subject, I read with interest all the cures etc people suggest for warts and it brought to mind my personal story. I submit it as a matter of interest so make of it what you will.

When I was a boy of five living in rural England (c1942, evacuated from London), I had a sudden onset of warts covering the backs of both of my hands and fingers. The warts over my knuckles cracked and bled .

Several visits to various doctors did nothing to cure them, and over the months they got so bad and ugly I wouldn't leave the house.

Here's where it gets interesting...

One day, in frustration, my mother was relating my plight to the old lady who ran the village store. This woman had lived in the village for many years and suggested we visit the local "witch" as she has been known to cure such things.

By this time my mother was at her wits end and one evening, in desperation, took me to the witch's cottage.

After looking at my hands, she told my mother to wait a couple of days for the next full moon, give me a freshly laundered handkerchief with which I was to wipe the backs of both my hands.

My mother then was to walk into the woods where, in a communal picnic clearing, there was a well known tree stump with a concave top that held rain water. She was then to rinse the handkerchief in this water, return and have me wipe my hands with it again.

With my mother shaking her head in doubt, We did as the witch suggested and within three days my warts were gone and I haven't had one since!

I remember this as if it were yesterday. Strange.

I just had my first treatment for plantar warts ( 4 of them)
the Dr prescribed 2400mg of tagament a day. I am concerned about a large dose, but hopeful it will work.

Well I had a huge plantar wart on the side of my heel. and my foot doctor had told me to take 9 pills of tagamet for relief. is that even healthy? is it possible to overdose ? i just started taking them today. i need feedback

PEOPLE'S PHARMACY RESPONSE: A PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL OF CIMETIDINE (TAGAMET) FOR WARTS DID NOT SHOW A BENEFIT, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TOLD US THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS TREATMENT.

A word of caution. I have tried Tagamet on two different occasions and both times ended up with severe diarrhea and gas pain that lasted until I stopped taking the Tagamet. It may work wonders for some, but there are others of us who need to stay away from it.

My 6 1/2 year old son was perscribed Cimetidine (Tagemet) for planter's warts. He has been taking the 300 mg dosage twice a day for 5 weeks. The warts are almost gone.

However, he has complained of headaches and stomach discomfort often. For the past two weeks he has complained of pain in his eyes with sensitivity to light. Three doctor's have not been able to determine a cause for the eye pain.

Today has been especially bad for him. We are discontinuing use of the Cimetidine although the doctor's don't believe it is connected to the eye pain.

Any comments are appreciated.

My son is eight years old and had a plantars wart the size of a large pea, plus several pin head size plantars warts on his foot. The pediatrician prescribed Tagamet liquid. It has been approximately one month and the large wart is gone as well as the smaller ones. I had a similar wart as a child and it was dug out of my foot and left a large scar. So grateful our son does not have to go through that.

My 11 year old son had a planter wart on the side of his toe and took 2t of Cimetidine 2x a day for about 3 months and then the wart turns black and falls off. My 8 year old has one now and is taking 1.5 t 2x a day (amt. determined by weight) and looks like it will help him too. The podiatrist said they have great success with children taking Cimetidine, but not with adults because of their weight.

I've had two large plantar warts on my feet for a few years, and only until I visited the podiatrist did they spread to an entire dozen on one foot. He used the blue light laser treatment on me, figuring immediate physical action would get rid of the buggers. I'm a 17yr old female of 125 pounds. After recently switching doctors, I was just prescribed Cimetidine at 400mg twice a day. Is this dosage appropriate for me?

My daughter had so many warts on her hands (more than a million according to the doctor!) that there was nothing the doctor could do: freezing or burning them off was out of the question due to the huge number of them. He suggested Tagamet, we thought he was a wierdo. Two months later there was a significant decrease in the number of warts, and by the third month her hands were as smooth as a baby's bottom, and she went to her prom with her head held high!!

I am a 23 year old healthy male, weight about 170lbs. I have suffered from plantar warts on both my feet and periungal warts under my fingernails for almost four years. I have tried several costly and unsuccessful treatments to cure them (acid, cryotherapy, duct tape, ect).

About three months ago I started researching alternative treatments online. One of those was tagamet (cimetedine) therapy. I figured it was a long-shot with me, but what do I have to lose? About two months ago I began taking over the counter tagamet tablets (The wal-mart knock off to save money). I was scared to try such a high dose, so I decided to do one 200mg tablet with breakfast and one with dinner (400mg per day, much much less than other people took) Several weeks went by and I noticed no effect at all. I was ready to just give up.

Then a few weeks after that I noticed something: There was a small, patch of healthy skin through the middle of the mosaic patch of warts near my big toe. I though, "hey maybe this is actually working". Then a few weeks later and even more of the plantar warts were disappearing, and the big periungal wart on my right thumb was gone.

To this day (about two months since starting my treatment) most of my warts have disappeared, but a few small ones still persist. I'm confident they will disappear with time. To all the naysayers, this was not just my immune system suddenly taking care of them. Tagamet really works.

I read that it inhibits your immune system's suppressor cells, so your immune system can attack the virus and the warts will die. If your reading this and you've been through hell trying to treat your plantar or periungal warts, give tagamet therapy a try. It will take a little while, but patience is the key. Good luck!

I had warts on the bottom of my foot for five yrs..went back and forth to Dr..and he kept scraping them...five months ago I had surgery. I was in a wheel chair for four weeks, did everything I was supposed to do....three months later the virus came back in full force and is traveling aggressively. I tried carac medication for ten weeks with no improvement. my Dr suggested we try twenty eight hundred mgs. of tagamet. I have lupus and a heart condition and was wondering if this dosage is safe.

I had a gigantic wart on my thumb when I was a teenager- it started tiny and just kept spreading. The dermatologist tried salicylic acid over and over again, and tried to burn it off twice with liquid nitrogen (the worst pain I've ever felt...). Nothing worked, and I had it for 5 years- until my pediatrician prescribed Tagamet. I couldn't believe it; it had been the bane of my existence for so long, and it disappeared in a WEEK. What's more, that was eight years ago, and I have never gotten another wart.

To dh: I am interested in your experience since last September. I, too, have been on a 2400 mg regimen and have started experiencing migraine-like headaches and mild nausea after about a week. This sounds similar to some of the other negative side effects being mentioned on this post.

When I was 14 I had over 30 warts on the bottom of one foot. I was too embarrassed to go see the doctor until my mom noticed one day. By the time he looked at my foot, there were too many to remove by burning or cutting so he prescribed me Tagament as a long shot and told me it probably wouldn't work. On the contrary! Within a month, ALL 30+ warts were gone. Painless and quick, it was a miracle!

When I was 16 I had planters warts covering the bottom of both my feet. Some days were extremely painful, to the point I could barely walk. After freezing and the acid treatments my doctor finally prescribed me Tagamet. He gave me a weeks worth of 800/mg and said when I ran out to use the over the counter stuff.... 8 pills in the morning, 8 pills at night... and they should be gone in 2-3 weeks. Sure enough in 2 weeks the warts turned black and pulled off the bottom of my feet like a scab. I have not had warts since (now 26). I had no apparent side effects from the treatment, and I suffer from IBS. I have recommended it to several people.

I had great success with Tagment and my plantar warts. I am female 24 years old 180lbs. Starting November 2008 I noticed 2 small warts. I went to my doctor and had them froze off. They did not go away and 4 more appeared. I went back and froze them again I was left with 3 after that. I went back again same thing they didn't go away and one was growing! So now I have 3 warts, 2 small and one the size of a dime. I had them frozen off 3-4 more times with no success.

I then tried using duct tape with no success and some homeopathic treatments that did not work. I then was prescribed fluorouracil 5 topical cream (chemothearpy) compunded with 30% acid. After 2 months on that they still had not gone away. My Doctor was about to have to surgically remove them which would basically take off my entire heel because of how big the one was and how close the were together. I told him no and asked if there was anything else I could do.

He told me to try Tagamet 200mg 3 times a day in combination with the chemo stuff. 3 weeks and I am wart free. I noticed a difference the moment I started taking the Tagment it was AMAZING especially after all I had gone through to get rid of them. I do think it helped to use the combination but the Tagament is what really kicked them. I was told to continue taking it for another month to be safe.

OMG !!! My teenage daughter had about 30-40 small warts on her hand. We tried everything from going to a dermatologist to having them frozen off, to cream to over the counter wart remedies. She had these warts for about 2 years and they were just so bothersome, plus her skin is so sensitive to antibacterial to lotions, so using all this stuff just made the pain worse for her.

She had even gotten very self conscious about her hand and would hide it when people would stare. We went to a general MD and she prescribed Tagamet 400 mg twice daily for 3 months and I was very skeptical. I was just wanting relief for my daughter, I felt bad for her being around other young people and having to hide her hand.

After 1 month I could not believe it, there was significant improvement. They are disappearing and now into 2 months they are all gone. Her hand is so beautiful and she is trying to break that habit of hiding her hand. We will continue her medicine for another month. I only wish I would of taken a before and after picture of her hand to show this did indeed worked. Its like a miracle. I hope that if there is anyone suffering from warts to try this. Patience is so well worth it, after suffering for a few years. Good Luck !!!

My 12 year old son is severely disabled and had an extreme case of warts on his hands, which was gradually spreading up his arms and to his face. He had them for about 5 years and his hands were literally encrusted with hundreds of warts on top of warts. We tried every other method of treating them, including freezing them off in strips of about twenty at a time. They always came back.

We tried Tagamet for the second time- this time staying on it a little longer. After about three months the warts started to disappear. It's now about six months since he started the Tagamet and there are only a few small remnants of warts left. I hope to stop the treatment shortly. I am thrilled with the results, considering that the problem was getting worse and worse and it seemed that the warts were starting to establish themselves on his face.

My daughter had about 50 black seed warts on toes and feet. We took her to the foot Dr and he started the freezing process that was very painful. We had used every over the counter item. We went to another foot Dr who told was about tagament. She took 100mg in am and 100mg in pm he then scheduled us an appointment in 3 weeks for check up. Amazzzzzzzzzzzzzing -- all of the warts were gone!!!!!!!! Warts are a virus and some how tagament works!!!!!!!!

WOW!!!!!!!!!

I had plantar warts on the bottom of my feet for close to 5 years. It got to the point where I didn't wear flip flops or anything that showed my feet, which was hard because I'm a surfer, and a skateboarder. I tried everything including tape, freezing them off, and going to the doctor to get a blister treatment to lift them off, but unfortunately nothing worked. Then one day the doctor decided to proscribe me an experimental treatment called tagamet to try and help. I took it for 2 1/2 months and my warts went away. I have to say this treatment is NOT experimental. It really works.

I am 17 and in 2006 I was diagnosed with crohns disease. The year before I started getting warts on my foot, it covered the front of my one toe and the back of the other. It had also gone onto the other foot and i have a small one on my hand that the doctor burned and it has grown 4x the size.

I wear socks everywhere and I keep a band-aid on my finger to cover it. I just want something that will make it go away. I want to wear nice shoes and be confident in my self as I heal . I have tried everything I can think of on my problem and the doctor said that they won't go away because my immune system is so suppressed it is unable to fight it off.

I graduate in June and I really want to get rid of it. Do you think that this tagement stuff will work?

PEOPLE'S PHARMACY RESPONSE: IT IS CERTAINLY WORTH A TRY. BECAUSE IT IS A MEDICINE, ASK YOUR DOCTOR IF IT WILL INTERACT WITH YOUR OTHER DRUGS. WE HAVE GOTTEN EXCELLENT REPORTS ON ITS EFFECTIVENESS, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

My 9 year old son has had warts on his hands for over 2 years. We tried otc treatments and when it did not work we went to the DR to have them frozen off. When that did not work she prescribed tagament for him. He is having a hard time swallowing them and chews them instead. Will it still work if he chews them or should I ask my DR for an Rx for liquid? Thanks!

I had two big plantar warts on my foot, and multiple common warts on both my hands. I guess it was from biting my nails/cuticles... My sister had luck with cimetidine, so I thought I'd give it a try. My doc gave me prescription strength tabs (800mg) and I took it 3x/day... 2400mg/day as a 21 yo F. I got rid of all my common warts and plantar warts over a 3 month span... and needless to say, I never had heartburn!

I'm 24 now and noticed a couple more plantar warts brewing.... or something I think that resembles them, so I just bought OTC 200mg tabs. I'm gonna just aim for 600mg 2x/day... 1200mg/day. It worked the first time and I'll give it a second try. :)

Just want to thank everyone for posting and add my successful experience w/ cimetidine to the list. I got my warts from my small children, who were perfectly happy to use the "duct tape cure" suggested by their pediatrician--but try doing that when you work in a formal office environment :) Tried other online home remedies for 2+ years, and only recently found the suggestion to use cimetidine. I've only been taking 400 mg a day but can honestly say that the affected areas (fingers) were less painful and sensitive by the second day, and today are flattened out by at least 70%. Based on what people have stated on this web page about the high doses they've tried with no ill effects, I'm going to go to 800 mg a day and am confident that I'll be happy with the results.

My 9-year-old daughter was prescribed liquid Tagamet (800 mg a day) by her pediatrician for an outbreak of warts on her hands. Several of the warts were quite large and we had attempted to freeze them off several times, with no success. I finally took her to the peditrician when we found clusters of 10 or more new, small warts cropping up on her other hand.

We have been taking Tagament for a month, and will continue for another month or two. The only side affect I have noticed is my daughter seems to be a bit more emotional and cries easily. As mild depression is a possible side affect of long term use, I would presume that is what is happening. However, after a month of use, the Tagamet therapy seems to be working! My daughters warts have stopped spreading and several have dried up and peeled off! We treated the largest ones with Compound W as well, but the applications were sporadic at best, only about once a week. I'm amazed at how well she is doing.

I have read that the Tagamet works best in these dosages in children, and people have speculated it is due to their small size/low weight. However, my daughter is 5 feet tall and weighs over 100 lbs, and it is still working for her. I was initially very concerned about giving her this medication for a long period of time, but I feel it has been worth it.

My son had warts all over his hands and fingernail beds with many unsuccessful attempts to burn them off at the dermatologist. Finally he suggested trying Tagamet and Vitamin D for 30 days and returning. When we returned the warts were almost all gone. He treated the remaining ones and suggested we cont. the medicine for another month. So far no more warts - 4 years later.

My daughter had several painful plantar warts and was treated with acid, cutting and lasering but they kept coming back. Finally after a year the podiatrist suggested using Tagamet and Vitamin D. The warts went away and have not returned for a year.

I am a firm believer in this process. I wish I would have suggested it to the podiatrist earlier but wasn't aware it would be an option for plantar warts too. The doses were slightly different for each child but fairly large - 600 to 800mg 3-4 times a day.

hello to all :)
On march 17th I found this page saying that tagament could help reduce and get rid of warts.

I left a response asking if this would be able to work for me since I have crohns disease which makes my immune system weak.

I started taking these pills 4 a day since April 14 within towo weeks the wart on the front of my second toe had disappeared as well as the ones surrounding the nail bed, the other warts have shrunk in size or have gone away in spots completely (yay).

Although they have not all disappeared cause I have so many covering two of toes. I am greatly excited to say that this has worked this much so far when nothing else has. One foot has completely cleared and I am down to 1/3 on the right foot :)
I am so exited that I don't have to cover my hand anymore, or that I can wear sandals and flipflops and pretty sandals that show my toes at prom :)

Not only has this helped my warts but i don't get acid reflux anymore.
Thank you sooo much all your help
sincerly brea:)

My son had warts all around the nailbeds of most of his fingers. He used tagamet and they were gone within 4-6 weeks. Miracle really....they were really bad.

What dosage should someone take who is 46 and 126lbs? Does it work for flat warts?

Thanks

Linnea, I am 49 and about 120 lbs and have been taking 800 mg of tagamet per day for about 6 weeks. I have seen about 5 flat warts disappear, but still have many others. My Dr. said it doesn't work as well in adults because our immune systems aren't as strong as childrens' immune systems. I am hopeful. Good luck!

When my daughter was a little girl all of the fingers on both hands were covered in large raised warts. I took her to the Dr. and he was reluctant to freeze them because of their size and how little she was.

He told me about hearing of the Tagamet thing at a conference and suggested I try it. We weren't even sure what dosage to try on her. I gave her one pill a day and within three weeks her warts were almost totally gone and withing a month you couldn't even see where they had been.

I wish I had taken pictures the change was so dramatic. My daughter is now 24 and still no warts.

LK Thank you so very much! Were you instructed to take it all at once, or several times throughout the day? I have been taking 800 also, but 400 twice a day. I am starting on my 6th week, but I have not seen any changes. I have been taking the generic brand, so maybe I need to actually take Tagamet. I am happy to hear that it is starting to work for you! :)

I got a wart on my knuckle like 4 yrs ago, I left it thinking it would go away. Well they spread through both of my hands and my face. It's depressing to have all this all over my hands and my face, I've tried everything otc, freezing, aldara, acv, even laser, I'm on the banana peel remedy right now not sure if its working, doing some searching online I found out about this remedy, so I went out and bought a box today, after reading all the posts.

I hope that this remedy will work for me, my question is that, people saying it works better for younger kids, who on here is older and taking it and working for them? I'm 23 I REALLY REALLY hope this works. All I want to do is go home from work and stay in my room. At work all I do its think about it, very depressing.

Is there any difference with using Tagamet vs. the generic? I've been using generic and wanted to make sure that was OK.

Linnea, try echinacea the herb that boosts your immunity. Easily available - I am using Blackmores Echinaces Forte.

We have been battling warts at our house for 2 years. Three of the kids had them and I was at the end of my rope on what to do. We did the Tagamet for 2 weeks and they are ALL GONE!! One child had well over 100 they would get infected and bleed, not the best thing for the first week in kindergarten. I would and have recommended it to everyone I know.

I went to a podiatrist for a year and all treatments failed until I tried tagamet. I took 3oomg three x/day for 2 or 3 months. After months of painful treatments that didn't work I kind of took this idea as a joke but figured if all I had to do was take a pill, it wouldn't hurt to try and it ended up being what finally worked.

Although, I do have to add, it gave me horrible heart burn- which I would have thought it would have prevented not cause- I eventually had to quit taking the tagamet for this reason but by then all the warts were gone.

I have 5 children ages 12, 14, 16, 18, and 21. We have been using the Tagamet method for wart removal since my oldest child was 9yrs old. He had lots..... especially under his fingernails. This took a few months with him to work and then all of the sudden, one by one the warts disappeared.

My youngest now has warts on her legs, feet,and knees. She was taking the generic brand for a about 6 weeks and we saw NO results!! Very disappointing to her especially! I decided (even though the generic brand is supposed to be the same) we would buy the TAGAMET and try again. Her warts started disappearing in 10 days!! Spend the extra money because in the long run it works faster and will be cheaper. She is about 85 pounds and is taking 600mgs twice a day!

When I was younger, I was prescribed Tagamet due to plantars warts. I actually had a pretty severe case -- the doctor was able to count 23 mosiac clusters (clusters are more than one) on my feet. I can't remember how long I took it but it worked like magic. I ended up only having to have the remnants of a very few scraped off.

My 10 year old has flat warts all over her hands and chin. We have tried everything and nothing has worked. The last treatment of Beetle Juice made the warts blister horribly and spread even more. We just went to another dermatologist who is recommending to try Tagamet 1000 mg/day. I am trying to stay hopeful.

How did you get on, was just reading about using tagamet to get rid of my warts and came across your comment, as I too have lupus! But as I live in Ireland I won't be able to buy them over the counter, may go and ask if the gp will prescribe them for me!

Ann, thank you so much for the information. Are you taking the echinacea along with Tagamet? What dosage should I use? I gave up after no results, but I've decided to give it another try.

Hello everyone. It has been 5 weeks since my first comment about my child starting on Tagamet. She took it twice a day at the same time. Also we applied Tea Tree oil on the warts every night. It has been a MIRACLE. We are wart free with just a few red spots left! Thank you Tagamet!

I've been trying to get rid of my plantar warts for years now with no success. I was really excited to try Tagamet when I read about how many of you it helped. But after 2 days of taking a 200mg tablet twice daily, I started getting headaches and dizziness, so I stopped taking it. Did anyone else have these side effects? Any suggestions as to what to do about it? I don't think I can function with those side effects for the month or 2 that it takes to get rid of the warts. Thanks.

Sara, I posted quite awhile back that I suffered from headaches and nausea and had to quit. I've been watching others' comments since then and yours is the first since mine saying that you had to quit. We must belong to one of those "possible side effects" groups.

Thanks for your reply. I was beginning to think I was the only one who experienced side effects. Have you found anything else that has worked?

Unfortunately, no I haven't. Not that I've been trying all that hard. So far, my warts are only on my knuckles - not a significant issue for a guy - and only cause me problems in the worst of winter weather when they may cause a small split in my dry skin.

I tried Tagamet and it worked for awhile... notice above comment that I did lose 5 warts because of it. I have since had multiple warts frozen off and had quite a bit of success. I have also used a mixture of curcumin (check it out - spice from India great for reducing inflammation) and papaya (a great viral killer) that I read about on another website. It works great topically to get rid of flat warts. Although, most medical doctors say there is no scientific proof of this method. I agree... who would make money off of doing a study on something a drug company cannot patent?

I also have read (and it makes sense) that whatever treatment you use to get rid of warts, you MUST believe in it to remove them entirely! I have 1 or 2 that keep coming back but have gotten rid of over 20 small ones on my hand using all 3 of these methods. Stay positive and stay with what works!!

I am a 33 year old female trying to get rid of flat and common warts on my feet and hands. I have read about Tagamet and am wondering how much I should take. I am so disturbed by these that I will try this since nothing else is working. Can anyone give me some advice on dosage? I weight 105lbs and am 5'5". Thanks for your help. Nothing else seems to work and my dermatologist and doctor aren't helping which is frustrating and I don't want anymore scars on my body from this annoying thing.

My daughter has been battling flat warts on her face for the last 5 years. She started around age 4. I am sure we have had over a 100 frozen off so far. They have since spread to her legs, hands and now on her fingers. After all these years of going to the derm. every 4 weeks, I am desperate to try something else. I would like to try the Tagamet. She is 10 years old , 80 lbs.. would I give her 600-700 mg? I have even searched for a specialist, but have been unable to locate one. I just keep being told that she will build up immunity eventually. Help.

Hi dcw.
My daughter is also 10 and around 80 lbs.. She was prescribed 1200 mg. a day. 600mg. in the am and 600mg. in pm. for 2 months. I believe the correct dosage is 30 mg./ 1 kg. So if your daughter is 80 lbs. that would be 36 kg.
It worked like magic! She also had flat warts on her hands and chin! Now, no sign of them. Goodluck...

cimetidine worked for me! my plantar warts are finally gone!

I am a 26 yr old male and have been having warts show up in patches on arm. Had them burned off by dermatologist. They came back and more kept coming. It has been 9 months and 6 burn off treatments. Just got Tagamet today and am praying it will take care of them.

Hi y'all, I have been suffering from flat warts every since I was 14 and I am now 20. Like a lot of you, I have tried many different treatments like the Compound W liquid, duct tape, and freezing. They seem to be successful at first, but they eventually come back. I've always had them on the front of my hands and I've been trying to keep hopeful.

They probably aren't as noticeable as I feel they are, but they are embarrassing and distracting and all that I think people are looking at. I am 5'0 and 125 lbs. I have asked my doctor about this treatment and she is unfamiliar with it and thus not comfortable prescribing. I have bought some OTC tagamet and was wondering if anyone knew the dosage I should be taking? Thanks.

PEOPLE'S PHARMACY RESPONSE: THE USUAL DOSE FOR TREATING ULCERS IS 800 MG/DAY AT BEDTIME. IN A STUDY FOR TREATING WARTS, THE RESEARCHERS FOUND THE BEST DOSE WAS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MG/KG/DAY. THIS WOULD COME OUT TO ROUGHLY 1,800 MG /DAY FOR YOU.
HERE IS A STUDY TO SHARE WITH YOUR DOCTOR:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14693487
HERE IS ONE OF THE FIRST STUDIES:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8651718
MOST OF THE STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE IN CHILDREN, AND NOT ALL STUDIES SHOW BENEFIT.

OK, if I had not had it happen to me, I would NEVER have believed it. As I was at the latest Podiatrist, who was suggesting to me that I have anesthesia while she cut out the warts, I asked about the Tagamet. This after using the chemotherapy cream for 8 weeks with no success! I went to Walgreen's and bought Tagamet. I took my first dose (400 mg) at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday (5/18). I took a second dose at 8:30 p.m. On Thursday (5/19) a.m., I awoke to a black wart on my right foot which washed off in the shower.

It is now Friday (5/20) p.m. I have continued the 400 mg dose of Tagament every 8 hours. My cluster of warts on my left foot is almost GONE!! After years of creams, acids, burning, freezing, cutting and expense, it took about two days to get rid of the warts! Truly amazing!!

My daughter has been plagued by flat warts on her face since she was 4. She is now 10 and we have been going to the dermo every four weeks since she was diagnosed. My best guess is that she has had well over 100 warts frozen off her face. We started the tagamet on our own after reading about it about 4 months ago. 3 months ago she even had warts on her lips and covering her fingers. (From chewing her nails, the warts spread to her lips). We just had our 4 week check up and they found no new warts!!!

Even the fingers are cleared up, which they told me would be the hardest to get rid of. We have done freezing, acid and prescription creams for the last 6 years.. nothing has worked. I am not positive that they are gone yet, but it can't be coincidence. I have been giving her 600mg every day. We go back in another 8 weeks this time so I will update then.

I have been suffering from warts since 2006, it started from 1 wart, and then in 2010 become 10 -11 big warts on my right hand, I had used the acids (compound w), and it isn't work, then I went to doctor and he freeze them, but this not work because the big wart which called the mother didn't die, and my hand burned and seem ugly. Then I heard about cimetidine from my friend who used it and her son and it's work with them, then I read the most comment in this site,t hen i decided to try it, wooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww its amaaaaaaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzzzzziing, it works from the first week or second week, I take 600 mg a day which 3 tablets 200 mg a day, and now all the warts are gone but there is 3 warts 90% of it gone, but a little bit is still, but this is amazing results, I cant believe that my hand now is wart free, my friends ask me about them because they saw the result is amazing, i recommended it to my sister who lives in my country Jordan, thanks god.

My 5 year old daughter has been suffering from mulluscum, which is a wart virus, for a little over a year. She started with a couple on her belly and they have now spread to her right arm, upper right back, and a couple under her chin. We have tried nearly every "home remedy" including duct tape, curretage, and tea tee oil, as there is no known cure for it. Today our doctor gave us a prescription for liquid Tagamet. She takes 10ml per day. I am really, really praying this works! I thought I'd post here and update on our success (I'm pretty hopeful) as soon as I see a change. Cross your fingers for us!!

I have had warts and severe excema on both of my hands, and I also work as a server and bartender 50+ hours a week in a very nice restaurant. I have been so self conscious about everyone seeing them and also I have been very concerned about spreading my warts to other people.

After getting my warts burned off with nitrogen a couple of times, used compound W and all kinds of stuff to get rid of them, I went back to the dermatologist last week and he prescribed me Clobetasol Propionate ointment for my excema, burned my warts again (this time it seems to have worked), and prescribed me 800mg of Cimetidine. Just started using it today and am very excited about seeing results. I will share them here soon...

One great thing I learned though is that only a small percentage of people are susceptible to the virus so it is not contagious. Those of you who think they got warts from their kids most likely already had the virus in their system.

I had planters warts on my feet and it bothered me to walk. This was over 40 years ago. I went to the doctor and he told me to scrap the bottom of my feet with a knife. I did that for about 2 weeks and gave up. I had read Adelle Davis's Book and she said to take Vitamin A and Natural Vitamin E (D-Alpha) NOT Dl-Alpha. Within a month or two they had completely disappeared.

My 13 year old son has had warts on his hands for 3 years and they were surgically removed, but have came back... now he has one on his lip and several up his nose which is obstructing his breathing... doc just prescribed 800mg of tagamet... can't wait to see if it helps!!!

EP, I frequently come back to your post for inspiration as I, too, suffer from periungual warts and now the warts are starting to spread to other areas of my hands and face. I am about to complete my second week of treatment with knock-off brand Tagamet (400mg 2x a day) and do not see much of a difference. However, I do notice that the itch that occurs prior to a wart developing has basically ceased (with the exception of one instance). So, perhaps the medicine is starting to take effect in that it is preventing new warts from developing.

I am having a hard time being patient as I have been trying countless painful methods (acid and Apple cider vinegar) to get rid of these nasty and contagious things. How long did it take before you started seeing results for your periungual warts? I am also taking a multivitamin, eating lots of fruits (bananas!), and watching what kinds of foods I am consuming. I just want my hands back...

jpk how is your treatment going? Trying to get rid of warts on my hands/fingers and saw your post. When did you first start to notice a decrease in your warts and what did they look like as they were dying off?

About 25 yr. ago (I was in early 40's) I had some flat warts almost an inch in length along the side of one knuckle that spread to the next finger that were really annoying (note: I should not whine after hearing some of the other stories here!) After burning, freezing, etc. unsuccessfully, leaving nasty, painful wounds that were hard to heal and didn't work at all, my GP said to try the Tagamet thing for 6 wk. or he would need to refer me for laser treatment.

This was before the OTC version. Don't remember the dosage, but I had diarrhea almost from the start, not that bad, but it began to really bother my hemorrhoids. I hated to stop treatment after only 3 wk. but absolutely could not take the 'rhoid pain! A few wk. later I tried the Rx again for a few days, the same thing happened so I stopped again. But to my delight the warts dried up, turned into scabs and fell off, never to reappear again! I was thrilled beyond words! The interesting thing is, I mentioned this to several other doc's later, incl. 2 GI docs, who didn't ever hear of this treatment!

SAC how is the treatment going for your son now that he has been on tagamet (cimetidine) for a few weeks? I am just trying to get a picture for how long this stuff takes to start producing noticeable effects on hands/lips. I was a nail biter so the virus spread to my lips too.

Btw, does anyone have any other home remedy suggestions for ridding warts from lips? I have been doing tagamet 400mg 2x daily (morning and night) and am starting on my 4th week of this treatment. I feel like I might be seeing results but also think that it is too soon to tell. Anyway, I would be thankful to hear how things are going for your son since we are having similar issues.

Just took my 12 year old to the Podiatrist yesterday. She has a very aggressive form of cluster warts on the ball of her left foot, and one on her big toe. Just began Tagamet per my Dr's instructions. He is giving her 1200 mg per day because this is an aggressive form. Hoping my results are just as successful!

Two years ago, I took my 9 year old daughter to the podiatrist to get warts removed from her feet. He wanted to try Tagamet 400mg twice a day for six weeks before doing anything invasive. At the third week, her warts were entirely gone. She also had a wart on her elbow that disappeared. She has not had a recurrence (knock on wood). The podiatrist explained that something in the Tagamet stimulates a person's immune system to fight the virus. I have shared this news with anyone who brings up the topic of warts!

So I am wondering about once the warts have cleared from taking Tagamet... when should I stop taking it. Should I continue for a few days after they are gone or what? Any help or experience would be great!

what did you mix cimetidine with because of the bad taste?

I started my 18 year old son on Tagamet 400mg twice a day for his wart problem. He developed warts on his knee, and elbow and hand. They were in a cluster form. He was getting very uneasy about how they were spreading lately. We tried the apple cider vinegar, the duct tape, the banana peel, and of course all the over counter meds. Nothing seem to help him.

I came across this Tagamet remedy and discussed it with him, he was more than willing to try it. Within about 7-10 days, I noticed the large wart on his hand was really shrinking, and turning flesh colored instead of being the cauliflower white color. He couldn't believe it was actually working. He has been on Tagamet for 2 weeks, none of the warts have completely disappeared as of yet, but they are smaller in size and the color has changed. He is very diligent in taking the pills twice a day, especially since he is noticing a change already.

I asked him if he is noticing any side effects and he said no. I really hope the warts continue to disappear and he is free of them soon! I will recommend Tagamet to anyone I know that has a wart problem.By the way my son is 6ft 2in tall and weighs 180lbs. I will not let him take any more than 800mg a day since he does not have any heartburn problem, just those stubborn warts! Will keep everyone updated if his warts all disappear.

Do you continue to take the Tagement, or when did you stop? Thanks.

It has now been 26 days since my 18yr. old son started tagamet, and the large wart on his hand is completely gone!! He told me today, "you can't even tell I had a wart on my hand! Tagamet is the only real cure we have found that truly battled his warts, we are both amazed at his results. I looked at the warts on his elbow and knees today, and they are definitely shrinking and changing a flesh color as well. He is still taking the same 400mg regimen twice a day, and that seems to be working just fine. The wart on his hand was very noticeable, in fact quite large. I will post again in another month and update everyone on his remaining warts. It is just so exciting to finally find something that works!

Tagamet definitely works but just to add......we also used salicylic acid (wart remover liquid) with a piece of duct tape over the warts every night before bed. In the morning we would rip the duct tape off (did not hurt) and with it remove a layer of the wart tissue. In conjunction with the Tagamet it worked quickly and easily! We haven't seen a wart sense!!

My 12 year old son, warts all over his hands, tried it all. Home freezing/salicylic acid treatments, duct tape, froze off at Dr. office, etc. He started taking 200mg tagamet twice a day. After 6 weeks, the warts appeared that they may be shrinking. They definitely were not growing. After 9 weeks, they were TOTALLY GONE! The skin is smooth as if the warts were never there. He continues to take the tagamet to keep them from coming back. We really don't know if that is necessary, but he is not taking the chance.

Well, I had them burned off with nitrogen first, and those went away pretty well. With tagamet, it seems like they are flaking off and getting smaller. The tagamet also helps my excema, it seems, so maybe the double duty it's performing is weakens how well it deals with the warts. My skin looks better though!

This is so encouraging. My daughter is a ballet dancer and has had 3 planters warts on her right foot and one on her finger for several months... so painful! We tried OTC patches, gels, oil of oregano, duck tape, etc. 2 weeks ago I started with apple cider vinegar and made an appointment with a podiatrist. Dr's appointment was a BIG mistake... he actually scraped the warts and froze them, my daughter was in EXTREME pain. The doctor said to come back to in 2 weeks to do it again.

I cannot (and will not) put her through that again. A friend suggested Tagamet and I bought it last night (Target brand), gave her one 200mg and one 200mg this morning. After school, I plan on giving her another 200 and 400 before bed. I am praying this works, we are at the end of our rope. BTW - Apple Cider Vinegar definitely seems to be doing something, after her foot heals from what happened at the drs, I will be using that along with the Tagamet.

my son had a wart on the bottom of his foot. I took him to the podiatrist who removed what he could but by no means all of it. He told him to put syliac acid (spelling probably wrong) and duct tape. 3 1/2 weeks later it still looked the same. I read an article in a magazine about tagamet, he started taking one pill a day and in less than a week it was gone. (He had stopped putting the acid on when he started taking the tagamet. Doctor was quite offended that it worked for my son!

Hi, I'm 20 yrs old, and have been battling flat warts for 3 or 4 yrs. I have been to several dermatologist over this time period. I been given numerous creams. I've tried Rx creams, I've tried ACV, natural oils, tee tree oil, immune system boosters, and they will improve but always return. My last visit to the derm., she gave me an Rx for Tagamet. I'm still waiting to pick it up from pharmacy. After reading all of these comments, I feel very confident that this is going to be the answer of which I've been waiting for! Anyone else had significant and lasting results from tagamet with flat warts?

Hi

I've had severe Mosaic verrucas on feet and warts on fingers for 17 years or so. They are still spreading. I am going to have a technique called 'dry needling' carried out that might get rid of them by creating an immune response to the virus. Has anyone else had this done and did it work?

The podiatrist mentioned some people also get success with cimetidine (Tagamet). My NHS GP cannot prescribe it because it is off-label. Does anyone know of a specialist in SE England that will prescribe?

I was getting somewhere with using banana skin on my hands. My podiatrist says that this is just due to the potassium in the peel. I was wondering if Lo-salt would work just as well. Might be easier than trying to buy green bananas every few days. Anyone ever tried it?

Thanks for your help

LT

I posted on this site on 10/12/11 and had just started my 13 yr old daughter on Tagamet. It has now been 2 weeks and her pain is GONE!! She was almost unable to put any pressure on her foot prior to starting the Tagamet. Although she still has 3 of the warts they are completely black. I have been putting apple cider vinegar on them every night... last night one completely feel off like a scab and her skin under it looked normal!! I think we are definitely making progress with the Tagamet and ACV therapy!

Hi hs

That is wonderful news for your daughter. I wish I could find someone to prescribe the Tagamet. I was also getting somewhere with the ACV - warts go black very quickly and start to drop off. My podiatrist wants me to stop for a few days before the dry needling - then I have to wait for up to 10 weeks to see if the procedure has worked. At least I have the Tagamet in reserve if the needling doesn't take. Maybe I need a dermatologist to prescribe it, or have people found GP's quite willing to do so even though it is off-label?

Thanks

LT

My 18 year old son has had dramatic results with Tagamet! He and I are both totally amazed with the results. His knee is 95% cleared of warts and he had alot of mosiac, cluster warts there. The large one on his hand disappeared after about 2 weeks, and the ones on his knee took about 1 month. He has about 3 left on his elbow, forearm area, but they have changed color (now flesh color instead of white) and they are very tiny, could be mistaken for a pimple now instead of those ugly warts.

I cannot tell you how relieved I am Tagamet worked for him. He was really starting to get nervous that people were noticing them more and more, and I did not know how to help him. His skin is so soft and smooth where the warts were it still amazes me it worked.

I cannot tell you how much time and money we spent dealing with them before I came across this forum, so a big thank you to everyone who shared their success stories, you certainly helped us.

My son and I both battled warts. He tried the blister juice, which seemed to initally work, but the wart came back about three times as large. We were referred to a podiatrist who applied salicylic acid and scraped the warts every two weeks. She initially told me that my warts would be gone in three visits, but my son might take longer due to the size. However, he started on the Tagamet right away (6 years old, 35 lbs, 200mg/day at night) and I did not, due to breastfeeding. His warts were completely gone in three visits; I have been 5 or 6 times so far and am barely any closer than when I started. I have a cluster of maybe 6 or 8; whenever a few clear up, we treat the remaining warts just to have the old warts come back. They are now starting to appear on my hands as well. It's very frustrating. I would like to start the Tagamet treatment for myself but have been hesitant due to still nursing. Does anyone know if it's safe while breastfeeding and at what dose? I am 33 and weight about 140 lbs. Thanks.

Hi, I just began talking tagamet 300 3 times a day, I have 4 perigunal warts surrounding my nails. I have tried EVERYthing else, laser surgery, home remedies (banana, duct tape, vinegar), salicylic acid, and freezing and burning. Nothing has worked for me, I have had the 2 on my left hand for about 3 or 4 years while the ones on my right hand for about 1 year.

The first night I took the tagamet I noticed they all got smaller, but as my treatment has went on I am questioning if it is working they are still inflamed and I notice one day they will look small and then the next they look the way they used to. They get very dry, crack, bleed. The side affects from the tagamet make me dizzy and tired I want to continue treatment but I am scared it is not working. Can anyone share there experience while the warts were disappearing on tagamet, so I can figure out if it is maybe working for me?????THANKS!

My daughter, age 16, has been suffering with planter warts for at least 5 years now. She has them on both feet and between her toes (called kissing warts). She is in much pain all the time. We have used acid treatment, had them cut out twice (she could not even walk on her poor feet for 4 weeks after having them cut out. We have done the bananas, duct tape, you name it, we have done it.

Recently, she had one come up on her lip and on both hands now. We started Tagamet about 6 weeks ago and I am so excited today to learn that 2 of them have FALLEN OFF! Yes, you heard right, gone! We are hopeful that this treatment will be successful! She is taking 400mg twice a day at the same time each day. Praying for the Lord to heal her feet!

In most cases, tagamet will take several weeks before any noticeable changes to the warts take place. Any changes you are noticing in the first day or so I suspect would probably be due to other factors. This is the first I have heard of any side effects associated with tagamet. We checked with our doctor before taking the tagamet to see what the side effects were. He assured us that there were none and we never experienced any.

My brother is a college football player and had plantars warts over one foot and it was spreading to the other foot. It was painful for him to walk on and practice with so we made him an appointment with a podiatrist.

The doctor put him on a acid application to slowly get rid of the warts. He applied the acid for 3 weeks and instead of making the warts go away the warts continued to spread on his feet.

We were prepared to set up a date for surgery over Christmas break, knowing that is quite a recovery with needing to be off your feet and not being able to practice wouldn't be very ideal for him. Hoping we could find something else to do before going through that whole process we began searching the Internet and found this site.

He has now been on Tagamet for two weeks taking 400 mg in the morning and 400 mg at night and all the warts are almost gone, he has no pain during everyday activities like walking and practicing. It is not something you need a prescription for you can get it at Walmart.

This is amazing we never expected Tagamet to work as quickly as it has but are very thankful it has.

I just wanted to post one last time to tell everyone my 18 year old son has conquered his wart problem with Tagamet!! It has worked wonderfully for him in the 9 weeks he has been on it. He had a lot of warts, and now they are gone! He was very diligent in taking the tagamet twice a day (400 mg each time, morning and night).

When we first decided to give the Tagamet a try I made the comment wouldn't it be great if this worked and all of your warts disappeared before basketball season. Well, we hit our goal, basketball season has just begun, and he is a starter on the team and he couldn't be happier to be rid on all of the warts on his knees that you could always see. His warts never turned black as some people are mentioning. His just became increasingly smaller every week, until they resembled a small pimple, and then they were just gone.

They did change from the white color to flesh color throughout the process. I must admit I was getting a little panicked for him before we found the Tagamet solution, I felt so helpless as his warts kept spreading, and we kept trying the home remedies and nothing worked. Thank you Tagamet, you gave him confidence again!!

Amazing! I had plantar warts for 4 years, and I finally got rid of them with Cimetidine.

I am so grateful to this medication! Prior treatments included liquid nitrogen, home freeze-off kits, salicylic acid, multiple blistering agents, duct tape, fluorouracil, imiquimod, and surgical excision. I spent hundreds of dollars on these products and on co-payments to multiple primary care physicians and podiatrists. I finally went to a dermatologist who recommended Cimetidine. When he first suggested it, I looked on Google and found this website.

After reading the reviews, I was hopeful that the treatment might work for me. I took 400mg three times daily, and after 3 months, the plantar warts are invisible. I couldn't be happier. After years of hiding my feet, I can't wait to do all the barefoot activities I had been embarrassed to do, like yoga or pilates. I might even treat myself with a pedicure or foot massage!

When I was five I had warts ALL OVER my hands so I was prescribed Tagamet to get rid of them. Not only did the drug not work, I lost complete use of my left leg for two to three weeks; it went completely numb and I couldn't put any weight on it at all. We ended up having to go to the hospital to get them burned off.

How old are you now? and what country do you live in?

My daughter had what I would call a severe case of raised warts on both of her feet. It started with a single wart between her big toe and second toe. After a few months, the virus spread across three of her toes...and I believe that the count had reached over 20 warts in all on her right foot...and about 8 or 9 on her left.

At the time, my daughter was around 10 or 11 years old. The docs prescribed Tagamet at double the normal dosage. I was concerned, obviously, but he left me with the impression that over a short period of time, it would be ok. He told me that the dosage would definitely increase her immune system, which would allow her to fight off the virus.

As far as side effects go, he said that the medicine may decrease the stomach's ability to digest certain foods completely...but that it shouldn't be detrimental over this short period of time. Bottom line is...2 weeks later, they were completely gone. No scar...no dimples...nothing but 10 beautiful wart free toes. I was amazed.

My son is 10yrs old/ 80lbs. I am trying tagamet 800mg/day. (400mg in morning and 400mg in evening). He has several warts on palms and fingers of both hands. How long did you use the tagamet before you saw results? Did it clear all of your warts? Any recurrence? Thanks for any info!