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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ALDARA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | HPV | Well being on the Anus, it was itchy and irritated. A little bit a blood also. | It took away most of them, but one wart is still being really difficult. | M | 27 | 4 weeks | 6/26/2008 | 1 | cancer in the opening of the nose | put on cancer after it was bioped and was very sick, four months later needed 7 pints of blood, and not seem to turn the search and distroy mission around that aldara is doing to my body. one year later after feeling awful went for blood test 3 more pints of blood were put in me. I have been on heavy iron pills for a long time. Dr. just added Folic Acid to that in hopes that the iron pills will help get me started making blood I could not expel water from my body, I was sore all over and that dying would be better. My blood and it is now 2 years later I am still having problems. Of course the arrogance of the medical proffesion backing the 3mm company is no help to us. One Doctor would not listen he just said can not happen. Well it did happen and I was very healthy up until I put that Aldara and my cancer in the nose. | M | 73 | 2 months | 6/7/2008 | 1 | GW | Redness like a bad sun burn, skin irritation, small sores (although they seem to be clearing), swollen lymph nodes, flu-like symptoms, fatigue, depression. | After 4 applications, I quit. However, this site has me relieved. I was thinking now I have HSV2, but looks more like side effects of the medicine. It seems to work well for others, but not for me. How rediculous to have a drug with severe side effects to treat something that is already awful? I'll deal with the GWs as before, laser treatment. In the mean time, can anyone recommend a good herbal, or something, to deal with GWs? | M | 41 | 4 days | 6/6/2008 | 1 | Genital Warts | Nothing on the warts themselves. They seem the same as they were when I started. The WORST part is that recently I've begun ejaculating small amounts of blood in semen, and that's NEVER happened to me before this medicine. So no more for me. | Didn't work for me, but I didn't stick with it as it started messing with other parts of my life! | M | 31 | 3 weeks | 6/4/2008 | 1 | Genital Warts | itching, inflammation, pain, scarring, discoloration, depigmentation, vitiligo | I used Aldara for the complete 16 week treatments three nights a week and my penis scarred up. It burned and itched and atone morning a scratched too much in the shower and caused bleeding. Once I finished the treatment I healed up except not all of my warts were gone. Also, I have two huge patches of depigmented skin which are not atttractive. The dermatologist says that my skin colour may come back but is not promising anything. I have not made love in almost two years. Aldara has given me the ultimate scarlet letter to wear on my penis. | M | 29 | 120 days | 5/30/2008 | 2 | BCC - constants | I used consistently over the last 6 years. First experience was horrible. The liver can't remove the toxic waste fast enough which makes you feel like you have the flu. Once a year I dreaded the process putting up with the nasty lesions for weeks, but I thought I was at least getting ahead of my bcc's. Decided to rethink the whole process, because I was getting more and more lesions every year. Found out through research and a great website Topicalinfor.com, why I kept having so many reoccurences. | I have followed the protocol through Topicalinfo.com (a personal journey of another bcc person) WOW!!! It has been life transforming. Detoxifying the pancreas, learning about enzymes, applying enzymes topically and taking orally, without unnatural side effects has been great. Boosting my immune system to heal myself using daily healthy (well researched) nutritional supplements, 3000 mg Calcium and 3000 mg. Vitamin C, pro-biiotics, whole nutrition multivitamins, on and on. Great online support system too. Long and short Aldara after 5 consistent years didn't help. All I did was chase spots. | F | 48 | 5 years | 5/28/2008 | 2 | Genital Warts | Extreme itching, inability to sleep, burning, pain, oozing sores, redness, large scabs. | F | 22 | 6 weeks | 5/21/2008 | 4 | GW | Extreme pain, swelling, burns, blisters and buring sensation | Yes, this is very painful, but it worked for me, i used it twice a day for 5 days in a row, and didnt wash off (yes disgusting, but i wanted to take the most aggresive approach possible, plus i was off work and didnt have to leave the house)After the 5 days, i was in what can only be described as the work possibe agony and pain, But i took 2 salt water baths for 3 days, and all pain and blisters and burns have disappeared , and YES YES YES, so have my GW outbreak. NO PAIN NO GAIN!!! | F | 26 | 5 days | 5/12/2008 | 1 | BCC KC & SCC on head and body | Extreme burning on site, fatigue, ringing in ears, hands shaking, diarrhea, feeling of being poisoned, lethargy, depression, open seeping sores, joint pain, nausea. | My advice is to go to stop taking Aldara immediately | M | 55 | 18 days | 5/3/2008 | 2 | GW | Itching, burning, blisters, swollen labia, can't pee without screaming or crying, fatigue, discharge, crusting. | I only had a few tiny warts on my labia minora. I applied the cream 3 times and now I can barely walk because I'm in soo much pain. Going pee is a chore in itself. I cry everytime I have to go and therefore have not been drinking fluids which in turn will probably dehydrate me. I have discontinue use of the cream for now until the area heals. I may start again and use a minimal amount as well as vaseline to protect the healthy tissue. Wish my doctor would have made me aware of these side affects and stressed how important it is to use a minimal amount. Hopefully I can make it to work tomorrow :( | F | 23 | 3 days | 4/28/2008 | 1 | BCC | Swollen eyes; lips. throat. Oozing sores, fatigue, flu like symptoms, unable to get out of bed, depressed, unable to go to work Headaches, blurred vision I thought i was going to die all this after 5 applications on nose lip and chest | I followed all the instructions, small amount, washing off advised M-F x 4weeks. It is hard to believe that a small amount of cream can do this to a healthy person. This drug is very dangerous dont be fooled if you start to get a servere headache within 2 hours of putting on the cream you are probarly going to have a bad reaction. Have found acupunture and chinese herbs have helped in my slow recovery. will never use Aldara again | F | 48 | 5 days | 4/25/2008 | 2 | Genetal Warts | Open sores on my balls(maybe because of overapplication) although i use it strictly according to the prescription, i tend to rub it all over the whole area in sum weak attempt to kill all potential warts. But in actuality the cream got on my BALLS and i got two eye-sized blisters on each side of the sack, with a new sore arriving closer to my thigh. hasn't gotten rid of any of the warts, but i have faith because i had chamydia during the time when it got really bad but when i got cured frm chlamydia the side-effects started to die down a notch. I wouldnt suggest it, but at the same time i have faith and i took a break from using it for a little while until the sores clear and im going to take a different approach and be more careful with my application. Only applying it to areas that need tender love and care. | Yes I had all those nasty symptoms, but im a warrior and i don't give up. Im gonna kill these bastards and there is nothing that is going to stop me. It was hard for me to walk, sleep, stand, bend, shower. I had to go through crazy amounts of pain. But im a warrior, there is no pain that is going to stop me from killin these little bastards and i suggest every real man take that same approach unless you are in a situation where you really need to stop which is understandable. Just apply with care and have faith and be a warrior. besides, nobody wants to deal with the consequences of having warts for a long period of time. | M | 20 | 1.5 months | 4/12/2008 | 5 | Genital Warts | Slight redness/tenderness in the area applied. | I had the wart removed with Trichloroacetic acid by my doctor, and then was prescribed Aldara to apply Mon, Tuesday, Wed, for 4 weeks. By burning it off first and then using the cream, I could not even see anything after 2 weeks. I just continued applying the cream to where it had been for the next 2 weeks to finish the 4 week treatment. Only apply a think layer, and apply only to the area visibly affected, and the side effects are minimal (or at least they were for me.) I liked the 3 days on, 4 days off method my doc prescribed, even though most documentation says every second day. I believe this helped with me not experiencing severe side effects since my skin had a 4 day break from the cream every week. Haven't seen a wart since treatment. | F | 25 | 4 weeks | 4/7/2008 | 4 | Superficial Basal Cell Carcinoma | Tingling, Itching, Redness, Swelling on area | I have used the cream every night for 8 hrs. I have not noticed any flu like symtoms are anything not to be expected. I am only 27 years old and this is my first cancerous spot. It looks like a tiny dry spot on my shoulder blade. You wpuld not even be able to notice it. Now since using Aldara you can see it. It is small but very red! I am not worried about it but glad to read some people have used it and it has worked. | F | 27 | 5 days | 4/1/2008 | 3 | Superficial basal cell carcinoma | So far...had a knot behind my ear come up, that is now going down, tired feeling, minor aches and pains which may be related to me working from home recently, sitting at my computer all day... | I have only been using Aldara for 2 weeks now for a basal cell on my forehead, once at night every day to be aggressive, so said my dermatologist.. some of these comments freak me out a little as I am hypochondriac..but its on my face and it beats surgery. I go for my 2 week check up tomorrow and I intend to discuss with the dermatologist some of the things Ive heard on here. However, my sore does burn, and ooze this clear liquid, Its all scabbed up and ugly but it is a small price to pay if it works...I am a little worried about it though, from some of these comments. | F | 26 | 2 weeks | 3/12/2008 | 4 | genital warts | redness, swelling, herpes like blister on clitoris | overall i loved the medicine. the side effects were minimal and the warts were gone in under 3 weeks. however, i had a small pimple/blister on my clitoris (probably got the medicine on it by accident.) it appeared one day and went away overnight and then a month later came back and stayed a week. it didnt hurt but was sensitive to the touch. had it tested for herpes and it came back negative. So if you develop a pimple looking thing from the medicine dont freak out like i did, its most likely a side effect. | F | 21 | | 3/1/2008 | 1 | genital warts | Wasted time, NOTHING else | Did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. i used Aldara for 4 months with NO side effect and no effects on the warts. Absolutely WORTHLESS 'medicine'. | M | 26 | 4 months | 2/14/2008 | 1 | gentail warts | OMG.... STAY AWAY FROM THIS DRUG. I was prescribed Aldara for 2 genital warts that were close to my leg between testicles and ass. I applied Aldara to the area with the EXACT amount and time period. Not only didnt it do a thing to the warts, but it burned and scarred my testicle and penis. Something called Vitaligo due to the Aldara cream. My left nut now has white hair and is void of all pigment. Half of my penis is de-pigmented as well because it hung down over the area. WTF. The dermatologists tell me i'll mostlikely never regain pigment. | Aldara may be a good treatment for basil cell carcenoma and other cancers, but its a friggin NIGHTMARE otherwise. If you have warts, consider Condolox which im trying for the first time this week. | M | 34 | 3 weeks | 1/16/2008 | 5 | GW - 4 years ago, I had the LEEP procedure to remove the GW infected skin, both externally and internally. After the surgery, my dr applied Aldara intravaginally 1/week for 10 weeks. Surgery was painful and the aldara treatments were uncomfortable, but never stopped me from living normally. I tested negative for abnormal paps since then. Stress increases your chances of GW and over the holidays, while showering, I discovered a 3 small GW's and still had leftover Aldara (expired by now) packets so I decided I would just apply the cream myself until my ob/gyn apt - WRONG THING TO DO! I used an entire packet last Thursday night, both externally and internally as my dr had done before, went tanning the next day too - another HORRIBLE idea. Due to the amt of aldara I applied and tanning - I have SEVERE burns! | 4 days | 1/1/2008 | 1 | genital warts | VERY DISCOLORED AND VERY SORE PENIS HEAD...had no major problems/irritations for the first month of usage (only applied twice a week)...was treating a minor case on my penis head (uncircumsized)...warts are still there...and now it's waaaay too gross and sore to even contemplate sex...talk about a raw deal... | there seems to be an UNSETTLING DIVERGENCE OF EXPERIENCES using this drug...if you throw the dice, remember to rub it in "until clear"...goodluck to everyone... | M | 26 | 30 days | 12/21/2007 |