Talking to Your Partner

If you have external genital warts, it's important that you are up front about it with your sexual partner. The discussion will be easier if you have as much information as possible and are prepared to answer his or her questions. Here are some tips to help:

  • Let your partner know you are discussing this because you care. Emphasize the positive fact that you are being honest, even though it is hard.
  • Your partner may feel emotional and confused. Reassure them by providing as many facts about the condition as possible.
  • Explain that treatment can clear up external genital warts, although the virus itself has no cure.
  • Discuss the fact that safer sex reduces the risk of infection.
  • Strongly recommend that they are seen by their healthcare provider for an examination and for more information.
  • For additional information, see these resources. More >>

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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