ALDARA Reviews (IMIQUIMOD)Average Rating: 2.9 (856 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ALDARA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ALDARA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | GW | This is only my fourth day using Imiquimod, the generic version of Adara and my genitals are bright red, itchy,sore, and stinging. I also have an odor and it seems as though more spots have risen on my vulva. They almost feel like insect bites because they itch but then if you touch them they hurt badly. I hope this medication works and I hope I can make it four weeks because I am absolutely miserable. | F | 18 | 4 days 3 pks/wk | 6/14/2012 | 1 | planter wart | causing planter warts to get worse | The price for one month treatment would be over $900.00 but luckily had insurance but still yet I had to be out $200.00.......now after the expense of this expensive medication it's making them worse !!!!! | F | 60 | 25 days 5% 4X W | 6/11/2012 | 1 | for herpes or genital warts or HPV | Joint, muscle , and limb pain severe. I have been suffering for a few years. Now i have depression due the after affects of Aldara, I want to die, I want to kill myself, I want to commit suicide since I can no longer lead a physical life. My strength has been reduced to that of a 6 year old, a child. I am 40 years of age. I cannot work, I am disabled because of the affects of Aldara | I stopped the medications after having seizures for the first time in my life. I have never been depressed or suicidal. I want to kill myself everyday to escape the pain. | M | 40 | 30 days 1X day | 6/9/2012 | 1 | GW | Aldara have been very effective with few of warts growing around my penis but I really curse this cream to hell. My penis now has 2nd degree burn that in worst I cannot walk and even go to work. I don't want to use the cream anymore and won't tell anyone about this drug!!!!! | M | 22 | 3 weeks 5xweek | 6/3/2012 | 1 | GW | HORRIBLE!!!! Leaves sores and burns that make even walking difficult for over a week!!! | F | 21 | 3 days | 5/23/2012 | 3 | Vin 11 | No side effects the first week. Side effects such as headache, exhaustion, body aches, throbbing in genital region, burning when urinating started the beginning of the second week which was right after the fourth application. | I use the cream Monday, Wednesday and Friday night. The day following is the when I feel the worst. I have only had two bad days so far, but am worried about having to do this for an additional 2.5 months. My side effects seems to be more whole body rather than the local sores that most talk about. | F | 34 | 2 weeks 5% 3X W | 5/17/2012 | 3 | VIN-1 | Inflammation, open red sores, backaches and flu symptoms. | I hate being on this drug. It has been hell on earth and has only minimally helped my lesions. I am hoping my doctor decides laser ablation during my next follow up because I can not stand being on this drug any longer! | F | 19 | 4 weeks 5% 3X W | 5/12/2012 | 1 | skin cancer | with in 2 days i had flu like syptoms/open sores on my face anywhere applied.i now have no immune systom/terrible pain everywhere/open wounds/i used aldara 3 times 2007/2009/2011 i am so ill now with no help from the doctors or lawyers i am thinking about not suffering much longer.if i go out in public i get sick.the scars on my body are horrendous.my life is over.3m cares for no one but thier bottom line they posion thousands but make billions and do not suffer anything from the damage they cause. 3 m killed me/destroyed my family and our lives i was only 45 when this started and only 50 when i was murdered by 3m and aldara | DO NOT UNDER USE NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS. THIS IS A POISON THAT HAS DESTROYED OUR LIVES.I AM SO SICK NOW AFTER USE OF ALDARA THE DREAMS WE HAD ARE GONE.THE PAIN IS TOO TERRIBLE TO FIND ANY REASON TO SURVIVE ANY LONGER.THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE TOO LONG TO LIST.THE DAMAGE TO MY SKIN AND BODY ARE DEVESTATING.3M WILL NOT HELP YOU FOR ANY REASON.TOO MUCH MONEY BEING MADE/TOO MANY PEOPLE BEING SACRIFICED TO MAKE MONEY.no doctors will help/believe/ no lawyers will help. my medical bills are outstanding/no longer can work i supported my family now i can not.i can no longer take chances of going out in public i get sick everytime.. | F | 50 | 6 weeks 3x week 1X day | 4/24/2012 | 1 | GW | Applied on a very small spot Sunday night, experienced some itching and yellowish discharge and very minor swelling. Next day started coming down with a fever, chills, body aches, and headache. Took Tylenol and symptoms subsided. Then applied medicine again on Tuesday night, this time using a little more cream than last time because I thought nothing of the side effects. That night I experienced severe itching and burning to the point where it woke me up in the middle of the night. The next morning I couldn't take the itching so I washed all the cream off. Then the same side effects happened but worse than 2 fold. I came down with the same flu-like symptoms but my labia and everything else down there was completely swollen. It burned like hell when I peed and it hurt so much to touch with anything, soft tissue and water. I had to immediately make an appointment to see my gyno who prescribed the medicine and she said I just had a really strong reaction to the medicine. She prescribed me with strong ibuprofen but that only helps so much with the pain. I never ever want to experience anything like this again. The side effects are completely horrible. Why would someone engineer a medicine that would make you suffer so much? It's been 5 days after the second application and the side effects are still as I remember when it first started. I'm just laying in bed suffering while waiting and waiting for everything to subside. | F | 25 | 7 days 1 pck 3xWK | 4/22/2012 | 4 | HPV Warts | Redness, Itchiness, (some) Burning, Discomfort | F | 15 | 2 weeks 5 MG | 4/19/2012 | 1 | GW (3) | Whatever you do, don't use this cream. Horrendous side effects. Open sores, blisters, throbbing, burning, itching, and depression! | F | 21 | 7 days | 4/15/2012 | 5 | for bcc on face | extreme tiredness nausea and flu like symptoms but it has been so worthit it is now feb 2012 and the cancer has completely gone. I don't feel so self conscious any more...... | Aldara was really a miracle cure for me.I dont know, but I suspect that very many of the posts who experienced extreme side effects simply used far far too much at a time.Use only a pinprick at at time, once a day,rub it well in and don't be tempted to use more just cause it | F | 64 | 4 months 30 1X day | 2/24/2012 | 4 | anal dysplasia | About once a week I will have flu-like symptoms, aching all over body. Burning hemorrhoid like pain as a site-reaction | I've been doing Aldara for Anal Dysplasia, which has been studied, but this is off label, since it involves internal use inside the anus. This is meant to be proactive to prevent the abnormal cells from becoming cancerous. I'm 13 weeks into a 16 week period. At my 8 week evaluation, about 75% of the dysplasia had been resolved. Hoping for complete resolution, but will opt for Infared Coagulation to zap the rest of it. Would I do it again? Probably not -- I just think there are too many unknowns when you start messing with the immune system, and the flu-like symptoms for the past 3 months have been at time debilitating. Would probably just the the IRC from the get go. | M | 53 | 16 weeks 1/2 pk3xwk 3X W | 2/16/2012 | 5 | genital warts | little bit of itching the days after using, nothing major. cough and cold also minor | the warts were few and small but i have been using it for 2 weeks now and they are all gone, still yet to see if the stay away. i recommend using the this cream. put a pin prick in the packet and only use the smallest amount on each wart ever second night and wash off first thing in the morning, used correctly you will get minimal side effects and excellent results. good luck. | F | 32 | 2 days 5mg 3X W | 2/12/2012 | 1 | GW | Absolutely HORRIBLE side effects! Cannot walk cannot sit can only lay one certain way. The pain got so incredibly bad that I went to the hospital and got pain killers and even those aren't working! In aldaras defense.. I used too much of it jn the area but I never expected pain this bad in my life! If I don't heal soon I do not know what i am going to do! I do not suggest this under any condition considering I wouldn't wish this pain on my worst enemy! | F | 21 | 3 days | 1/24/2012 | 4 | Actinic keratoses | It took awhile to work but worked well. | M | 51 | 45 days 5mg 1X day | 1/17/2012 | 1 | genital warts | I had rated aldara poorly before due to serious burns and an infection INSIDE the vagina. Now, as a result, I have serious scar tissue and am unable to use a tampon or have intercourse. Thanks Aldara, I hate you. | F | 25 | 1 days 1X day | 1/13/2012 | 1 | Basal cell carcinoma on face | After 3 applications I had wheezing, difficulty breathing, tight chest, all the symptoms of a severe allergic reaction so decided to stop. 2 days later another two BCCs have appeared so the cream is still having an effect. | F | 45 | 3 days | 12/31/2011 | 3 | Hpv warts | I wasn't explained to about exactly how to use aldara so I applied it to my entire vagina bc I had small flat warts that were waiting to get bigger. After the second day I swelled up and it became itchy but I read it was a side effect and my doctor told me to push through it. After the 3rd day the reaction was unbearable I had developed 2nd degree burns. On my entire vagina.. I obviously stopped use but noticed the actual warts turned black and fell off. To take care of the burns rotate between Tylenol and Motrin and use a squirt bottle after you pee and blow dry the area on the lowest setting bc the only way the area will heal is if it's dry. Also have your doctor prescribe you silver sulfadiazine cream and it speeds healing. It worked where it was supposed to so if you get | F | 21 | 3 days | 12/25/2011 | 5 | Genital Warts | i did experience quite a few of negative side effects such as itching, burning, rawness, swelling, tenderness, blisters, and pain. Because the side effects were so unbearable, I only used the cream twice the first week and once the second week. This allowed my skin to heal in between doses. My skin looked and felt horrible. I was very concerned that the medicine was not helping me at all and only making my condition worse. BUT, by the time the third week came around and I was ready to apply my fourth dose, nearly all of my warts were cleared (just a couple very small flat ones remained), my skin had healed, and it looked healthy as ever. Although the side effects were severe and painful, this medicine works! | If you are serious about getting rid of your warts fast, Aldara works! I read a user comment about Aldara that said it gets worse before it gets better. This is so true. If you are experiencing the uncomfortable side effects, try to stay with it. Take a break and skip a dose or two if you need to to let your skin heal. Also, ask your doctor for lidocaine jelly. This really helps with the pain and itching. And remember, only use a TINY TINY amount. Use a flat toothpick to apply to the skin. Even if you think you are not applying enough, you are! If you put too much on, you will most likely experience the painful side effects. The key to minimizing the side effects is using the smallest amount. The side effects usually last a couple of days. If you can tough it out, it'll be worth it in the end. | F | 22 | 3 weeks 1X W | 12/19/2011 |