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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ALDARA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Genital Warts | Redness, pain while urinating, burning, itching | My doctor recently diagnosed me with genital warts. She put me on Aldara and the pain is unbearable. I'm continuing with the treatment, but lessening the amount of cream I apply. I'm more trouble by the fact that I have the warts then the treatment itself. I never had an abnormal pap smear and I've had the same partner for nearly a year. Maybe I was misdiagnosed??? | F | 26 | 1 weeks | 3/25/2007 | 5 | Basal Cell | Important! Wash the Aldara off after 8 hours! You will be glad you did. It cuts down on the side effects. I have taken it twice. The first time was right after the drug was approved for Basal Cell and was told to apply twice a day! So, you never got a break from the medicine. Now, it is advised to wash after 8 hours and oh boy, what a difference this time. I breezed through with only mild itching. The third week it did look gross but I just put on a smile, wore shades and a baseball hat! | This was my second time on Aldara. I used it when it was first approved and had excellent results. The rep for the drug went to the same gym I did so it was great to get explanations as I progressed through the stages. It was hard to believe that as gross as the area got, it healed without a trace. My advice is to put it on for the 8 hours and then wash off. I just went to the Doc today and he gave me the ok to stop my current treatment because I was "there!" So......In 7-10 days, I will be glamourous! I am so grateful for the drug because if I had allowed the Doc to cut all the basal cells that manifested, I would look like a patchwork quilt! Hang in there! It is worth it!! | F | 55 | 3 weeks | 3/22/2007 | 5 | anal condiloma | in any way, i experienced side effects. Not even the ones the medicine warned about, except for some redness, but that was it! | In only 10 weeks Aldara cleared my anus of each and every condiloma including the ones that were in the rectum...i was feeling down about my illness and at the beginning i doubted alñdara could do anything if nothing to help me, but it turned out it absolutely healed me!!! i highly recommend it to everyone with my condition!!! | M | 21 | 10 weeks | 3/22/2007 | 3 | GW | redness, swelling, gross sluffing off of skin. extremely painful. | well i was diagnosed about 3 weeks ago and put on aldara. the first few applications didnt do much just burned a little and i didn't see any results, then it started to hurt...ALOT. it hurts to walk,sit and pee. it burns and i am so uncomfortable but alot of the warts are slowly going away. ill probably be on it for while but i really want these horrid things to go away. | F | 20 | | 3/22/2007 | 5 | genital warts | slight itching and tenderness | I was intimidated to use this cream after reading some of these reviews. HOWEVER, aldara worked GREAT for me. There was some slight itching and spot tenderness, but nothing that wasn't manageable. I had two lines of small warts, which after 5 treatments (in three weeks) were gone. I applied the cream about once every four days or so, and was very careful to no overapply, and to wash thouroughly in the morning. Very happy with this medication. | F | 19 | 21 days | 3/20/2007 | 3 | Actinic Keratosis | Experienced mild burning/ hot feeling in treated area. Effected areas became red, swollen, bumpy and scabbed over. When I ran my hand across my face (temple areas) I felt like a mutant, not to mention I look like I took my face across gravel road. | I will be curious to see the end results. The dermatologist told me that the AK was no longer visible in the areas for which he originally prescribed the medication. Go figure, I had waited a year and never apllied to this area. He told me that since I am young the body does heal itself. I freaked when I got a recurring, scaly, reddish, fingernail-sized patch on my temple. That's when I started using 1 full packet every other day across my whole forehead. My temples really flared up and I do have a few below the skin pimple looking areas as well. As I am pretty fair skinned I fear the possibility of permanent skin discoloration as mentioned in possible side effects. | M | 37 | 6 weeks | 3/20/2007 | 2 | Genital warts | redness, itching | I used aldara for 8 weeks and had no results at all. I don't know what happened...I used the cream like the doctor said (3 times a week, wash before the application and 6 to 10 hours later, do not use a big ammount of cream...). My genital warts were not so big but they still look the same. | F | 18 | 8 weeks | 3/20/2007 | 5 | HPV | redness, itching, which dissipated and became PERMANENT skin discoloration (5 only to get to top) | Yeah, I would NOT use this. I read the pamphlet, and it said something like, "You may experience redness, etc." I don't remember it saying, "You may have a permanently discolored penis." | M | 30 | 6 weeks | 3/14/2007 | 2 | HPV | Swollen lynph glands, burning | The swollen glands really concerned me. I went to the manufacture's website and found that the neds create antigens(?) that travel to your lymph nodes. Visit Not sure how I feel about long term use. I think I prefer the TCA treatments. I've used it for a month with relatively no change in warts. | F | 32 | 1 months | 3/14/2007 | 5 | basal cell carcinoma | Worked great! | M | 33 | 40 days | 3/9/2007 | 5 | Plantar Wart | Alternating between banana peel and Aldara cured a 5-year-old plantar wart that even laser surgery couldn't cure! | F | 61 | 60 days | 3/9/2007 | 4 | Actinic Keratosis on forearms | ~ Medium reddening and mild itching of forearms about a week into therapy. ~ Mild heat sensation after 2 weeks and now after 3 weeks my forearms actually look slightly worse. Doctor had warned that this would probably be the case, so I'm continuing. ~ Noticed a medium overall fatigued feeling lately but have no idea whether it's Aldara related ... I've had a nasty cold for a few weeks so that may be the cause. None of my side effects are debilitating and do not seem anywhere near as dramatic as some comments here. | I had first tried Efudex topical, and although there was some minor improvement, my doctor advised trying the Aldara. Although the redness is obvious, there are areas that have been improved noticeably, so I will continue for the length of therapy recommended by my doctor. I'll post the results after 3 more weeks of therapy plus a reasonable healing time. | M | 59 | 3 weeks | 3/7/2007 | 5 | Genital Warts :( | The only side affects that I have noticed at this time would be redness and severe itching even after I have washed off the cream. Sometimes pain with urination but only because of the itching. | So far I haven't noticed anything else but let's hope it works cuz I'm sick of going to the doctors every two weeks for the acid treatments | F | 22 | 2 weeks | 3/6/2007 | 4 | Genital Warts | The morning after my initial application I felt a little more tired than normal, but was relatively fine, aside from a runny nose. The next day I felt a little better. After my second application I was definetely feeling sick and tired, the next not so bad. Now it is the day after my third application and I feel like I got hit by a bus, runny nose, itchy eyes. sore muscles and joints, ear ache, very sore throat, extremely tired and fatigued. | I dont get sick that often, and i dont ever remember being quite this ill. But the medication is working, from what i can tell, my warts are reduced in size, from what i have been reading 3m should consider modifying their medication because of all the miserable side effects, but you do have to give to get i guess. | M | 22 | 6 days | 3/6/2007 | 5 | genital warts | swelling, blisters, soreness, flue-like symptoms | yes I will agree with what everyone else seems to be saying, the side effects are pretty awful. they can be very very painful, and in my case have been. however, it works. within 2 application about half my warts, and i had a lot of them, were gone. i also have internal warts, which have also reduced in size even though i cannot place the cream on them. my suggestions are to use it very sparingly, i wasn't careful to do this and i think that is why my symptoms have been so bad, however this virus is something i have faith my body can overcome with help. i think this is a great medicine, and however painful and unbearable the syptoms are, to me its worth it. | F | 18 | 2 weeks | 3/5/2007 | 5 | keratosis | I am currently using Aldara on two areas, one area has been treated with Aldara before and another area never treated. I have had a number of large scabs form, redness, tenderness, and slight itching on previously untreated area. On area previously treated a year ago there have been minor spots of scabbing and of redness. The previously treated area was already well cleared of keratosis so the reaction to the second application wasn't as extreme as it had been before. The aldara had done it's job. | I requested the second treatment of aldara from my dermatologist, knowing that I would probably have a reaction of scabbing, crusting, and redness but I was willing to put up with the possible reaction for the benefit of not having to have my hands and arms constantly being treated for precancerous lesions by being frozen off with liquid nitrogen. | F | 60 | 4 weeks | 3/3/2007 | 3 | genital warts | swelling of the external vagina area, sores, pus like oozing from sores, chills | last week, i had my first treatment. the doc applied Trichloroacetic acid to the warts and gave me aldara to take home. now i have these sores and i've been thinking that she applied the TCL to unaffected areas corroding good skin! now, i'm wondering, after reading these posts, if it's the aldara causing these horrible sores. or both? I'm in pain! can't walk, sit! anyone in this situation? | F | 21 | 3 days | 3/3/2007 | 1 | HPV | Kidney complicaitons | I started taking it when I was diagnosed with HPV. Intense pain. Headaches, blurred vision. Hemorhoids. I've always had a clean bill of health. Now this medicine has turned my life upside down | F | 40 | 10 days | 3/3/2007 | 3 | To treat basal cell carcinoma nose | My entire nose had sores all over it with cracking and bleeding. It burned as I applied it. I did feel very tired during tx. My face swelled and became red on the right side. My eyes were swollen. My back ached a few times as it had during my menstural periods. I took tylenol to relieve symptoms. | I wanted to try aldara since the basal cell cancer on my nose returned after I had MOHS surgey just two years ago. My dermatologist said that the MOHS surgery could have spread the cancer. A nurse said she had never seen anyone look as bad as I did from using the aldara. My dermatologist said the I was "done". He said that I had alot of sun damage and that the aldara did what it was supposed to do. I was to use it nightly seven days a week for six weeks--washing it off after eight hours.I made an appt to see my Dr. toward the end of my fourth week. That is when he immediately took me off of it. My entire nose is red and bleeds some. My Dr prescribed an antibotic cream to apply 2x day. I am to return for an appt. in two-three months. The Dr won't do a biopsy but will jsut look at my nose and see if cancer is gone.(?) I am concerned about scarring. I always wear makeup with 15 SPF-- that's NOT enough protection!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | F | 54 | 4 weeks | 2/25/2007 | 5 | Genital warts | Very minor redness, itching, swelling and burning during the first week or two of treatment. Side-effects faded later into treatment period. | Don't listen to the horror stories here or anywhere else. I did that and was nearly put off using the cream. Now it's working wonders for me. Use the cream sparingly and at the right times and you'll be fine. | M | 19 | 4 weeks | 2/21/2007 |