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A Cochrane systematic review 1 concluded that salicylic acid was significantly more effective at clearing warts than placebo, and more effective on hands than on feet. Cryotherapy appeared to be no more successful overall than placebo. There appear to be no published clinical trials of active constituents of other OTC wart and verruca treatments.

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