08/20/2005    Jon Purdy, DPM

Cimetidine and Verruca

RE: Cimetidine and Verruca
From: Jon Purdy, DPM

I wanted to report a quick personal case
involving mosaic type verruca in an HIV infected
male treated with cimetidine. I had a 42 year
old male present with an almost total
involvement of the plantar surface of both feet
which was painful when ambulating. At the time
he was managing a case of shingles. I
coordinated with his treating physician to take
him off of one of his HIV meds that would
potentially interact with cimetidine.

I started him on 800mg tid. At week four, he
presented to the office with complete resolution
of his verruca and shingles. I could kick
myself for not taking pictures. I have used
cimetidine as a secondary option for many years,
and have had many dramatic results. There is a
recent 8-year retrospective (N=216) article in
JAPMA; May/June 2005 by Barry Mullen, DPM, et
al., looking at this use of cimetidine. I would
advise all to take a look, do some research, and
consider this encouraging treatment regimen.

Jon Purdy, DPM, podiatrist@mindspring.com

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