Bazuka Extra Strength Treatment Gel

This medicine is available without prescription. However, you still need to use it carefully to get the best results from it. Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.

Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you need more information or advice.

1. What Bazuka Extra Strength Treatment Gel is and what it is used for
2. Before you use Bazuka Extra Strength Treatment Gel
3. How to use Bazuka Extra Strength Treatment Gel
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Bazuka Extra Strength Treatment Gel
6. Further information

This product is not known to affect, or to be affected by any other medicines.

If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant, or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before using this medicine.

You should not use Bazuka Extra Strength Treatment Gel during pregnancy except for short-term treatment of a small single wart or verruca.

Oral forms (e.g. tablets) of this product class can cause adverse effects in your unborn baby. It is not known if the same risks apply to Bazuka Extra Strength Treatment Gel when it is used on warts and verrucas.

Using this product is not known to affect your ability to drive or use machinery.

• Find a suitable surface, in case of accidental spillage.
• Hold the tube upright, with the cap uppermost and the base resting on a suitable surface.

• Unscrew and remove the combined white and red nozzle/cap assembly from the tube.
• Remove the red collar and dispose of it safely.
• Keep the tube upright for 30 seconds.
• Then, without squeezing or over-gripping the tube, and with it still held upright and away from your face:
  • replace the white and red nozzle/cap assembly onto the screw thread of the tube (take care to avoid ‘cross-threading’);
  • tighten the nozzle/cap assembly firmly to pierce the top of the tube;
  • briefly loosen the red cap (to release any slight pressure in the tube) and then retighten.
• Please note that once in place, a small gap will remain between the base of the nozzle/cap and the top of the tube.

To use the gel (adults, children and the elderly):

Follow these steps once every day, usually in the evening. Carry on using the gel in this way until the wart or verruca disappears:

A. Soak the affected area in warm water for 2 to 3 minutes.

B. Dry the area thoroughly, using your own towel if you have a wart or verruca (this will help stop the infection spreading to other people). This towel should be used for the affected area only.

C. Taking care to avoid squeezing the tube, remove the protective red cap, leaving the white nozzle attached to the tube.

D. Carefully apply a thin coating (one or two drops) of the gel to the top of the wart or verruca only:

• avoid the gel spreading to the surrounding healthy skin. If this does occur, wipe it off straight away with a tissue, and, if necessary, wash the area;
• allow the gel to dry for a few minutes to form a small white patch that sticks to the treated area and is water resistant;
• there is no need to cover the treated area with a sticking plaster;
• always replace the protective red cap after use;
• wash your hands after touching warts or verrucas.

E. The next evening, carefully peel or pick off the white patch of dried gel from the wart or verruca:

• apply fresh gel as described in steps A to D above;
• if removal of the white patch is difficult, carefully re-apply the gel directly over it and leave it to dry. This will thicken the white patch and make it easier to remove.

F. Once every week, before applying fresh gel, gently rub the wart or verruca with the emery board provided, or a pumice stone. Do not let anyone else use the emery board or pumice stone as the infection may spread to them.

G. The length of treatment will vary depending on the size and resistance of the wart or verruca:

• some may go in a relatively short time;
• some warts and verrucas can require up to 12 weeks treatment before they disappear;
• it is important that you do not give up on the treatment until the wart or verruca has disappeared (unless irritation occurs, see Section 4 below);
• if the wart or verruca worsens during treatment, or has not disappeared after 12 weeks, ask your doctor for advice.

H. At the end of treatment, if the white patch is difficult to remove, you can leave it because it will eventually fall off by itself.

If the gel accidentally gets into the eyes or mouth, it may cause damage. Rinse the eyes or mouth with plenty of water. If rinsing one eye, take care to avoid washing product into the other eye. Then seek urgent hospital attention.

If you inhale a lot of the vapour from the gel it may make you feel light-headed. If this happens, get plenty of fresh air.

Do not worry if you occasionally forget to use this product, just carry on using it when you remember.

If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the Yellow Card Scheme at: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard. By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.

The active ingredient is salicylic acid 26.0% w/w.

The other ingredients are camphor, povidone, pyroxylin, ethanol, acetone and isopropyl alcohol.

The product is a clear colourless gel.

The product is available in a tube containing 6g of gel. The tube has a special applicator nozzle.

Each pack also includes an emery board.

• Always wash your hands after touching warts or verrucas.
• Keep the emery board provided, or a pumice stone, and a separate towel for use on the affected area. Do not use them anywhere else, and do not let anyone else use them.