The Cost Effectiveness of Treatment of Genital Warts with Podophyllotoxin

Abstract

The cost effectiveness of 25% podophyllin resin and 0.5% podophyllotoxin solution in the treatment of genital warts in Genitourinary Medicine Clinic attenders was studied. Although the average treatment cost for a course of podophyllotoxin was more than that for podophyllin resin (£20.75 v. £14.95 respectively) the overall cure rate with podophyllotoxin was 66% as opposed to 34.6% with podophyllin. When the costing of secondary treatment options was considered the cost per patient cured of warts with podophyllin resin was £27.15 compared with £25.73 for podophyllotoxin solution (not significant).

Keywords

Human papilloma virus genital warts podophyllin podophyllotoxin treatment costs

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