Pharmaceutical gel compositions that comprises the antimitotic and antiviral agent podofilox in an amount therapeutically effective to at least slow the growth of warts in a host a solvent comprising a lower alkanol aldehyde ketone or mixture thereof in an amount sufficient to form a solution with the podofilox and a hydrophilic cellulose in an amount effective to thicken the solution to form a gel; and methods for the treatment of warts more specifically genital warts and related conditions wit...