Name: What is the mechanism of action for cantharidin?
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Verrica YCANTH December 2023

What is the mechanism of action for cantharidin?

Warts And Molluscum

So canteridin comes from beetlejuice. Historically, it's been a common joke, if you will. The patients even say, well, is this the beetlejuice drug? But the mechanism is to separate the dermal epidermal junction, create a vesicle that will separate the Molescan bodies, as well as anything that's varucos, and create a turnover that will allow for lesion reduction, as well as the implosion, if you will, of the wart or the Molescan body that will create the healing of the lesion.

What is the mechanism of action for cantharidin?

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