Symptoms

Genital and perianal warts are small growths that appear on the genitals and/or near the anus. Those around the anus are called perianal warts. Genital or perianal warts may be raised or flat, single or multiple, small or large.

If you have EGWs, you may have:

  • Small, flesh-colored or gray swellings in your genital and/or anal area
  • Several warts close together that take on a cauliflower-like shape
  • Itching or discomfort in your genital and/or anal area
  • Bleeding when you have sexual intercourse

Who gets EGWs?

Any sexually active person can get genital and/or perianal warts. They can affect people of any age, race, social class or sexual preference.

If you have sex with an infected person just once, you have a 60% chance of getting EGWs.

Important Product Safety Information

VEREGEN® Ointment, 15% is a medicine for skin use only (topical) for the treatment of warts on the outside of the genitals and around the outside of the anus. It is not a treatment for warts in the vagina, cervix, or inside the anus. Your doctor may recommend examination and screening tests (such as a Pap smear) to evaluate these areas.

VEREGEN® has not been evaluated to treat urethral, intra-vaginal, cervical, rectal, or intra-anal human papilloma viral disease and should not be used to treat these conditions. Avoid use of VEREGEN® on open wounds. Do not expose skin that has been treated with VEREGEN® to the sun or ultraviolet light because VEREGEN® has not been tested in these conditions. Safety and efficacy of VEREGEN® have not been established in immunosuppressed or pediatric patients, or pregnant women, or for the treatment of external genital and perianal warts beyond 16 weeks or for multiple treatment courses.

The most common adverse reactions that occurred in more than 20% of patients in studies with VEREGEN® were reactions of the skin and application site. These included reddening of the skin, itching, burning, pain or discomfort, skin ulcers, wearing down of the skin, swelling, hard spots, and rash with blisters.

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