Larry
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Although some individuals swear that this homeopathic treatment works for athlete's foot (aka tinea pedis), I can find no confirmed medical evidence that it does.
There was one small study in 2004 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15186053) that measured the success rate of treatments for athlete's foot in twelve patients. Patients were treated twice daily with ciclopirox cream, a common anti-fungal sold under the brand name Loprox, and once daily with 40% urea cream. Urea occurs naturally in urine, and can be synthesized in a lab as well.
In this study, 100% of the patients were cured within 2 to 3 weeks.
In 2003, a study of various ciclopirox creams and gels found an overall cure rate of 85% in a similar time period. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14567368)
While one might assume that these findings indicate efficacy of urine as a treatment for athlete's foot, it's better to seek medical treatment and use what your physician recommends. Remember that none of these studies measured the effectiveness of urine alone as an athlete's foot treatment. Perhaps future studies will continue to investigate the usefulness of urea, and since it can be created synthetically, a new array of safe over-the-counter and prescription medications might result.
 Posted 4963 day ago
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