Some side effects can be serious. If you experience any of these symptoms, call your doctor right away:. This is not a complete list of Aldara side effects. No Aldara drug interactions have been identified, however, you should tell your doctor about all the medicines you take including prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
Be sure to tell your doctor if you are receiving other treatments for genital or anal warts, actinic keratoses, or superficial basal cell carcinoma.
Not all drug interactions are known or reported and new drug interactions are continually being reported. Aldara has not been studied in children under 12 years old for external genital and perianal warts. Aldara has not been studied in children under 18 years old for actinic keratosis or superficial basal cell carcinoma.
Children usually do not get actinic keratoses or basal cell carcinoma. Aldara will not cure your genital or perianal warts. New warts may develop during treatment with Aldara.
It is not known if Aldara can stop you from spreading genital or perianal warts to other people. Avoid exposure to sunlight as much as possible and wear protective clothing such as a hat , sunglasses, and sunscreen if you go outside during daylight hours.
Do not use tanning beds or sunlamps. Aldara may make your skin sensitive to sunlight. Aldara may cause changes in your skin color. These changes may not go away after you finish treatment with Aldara. Tell your doctor if you notice any changes in your skin color. Medicines can interact with certain foods. In some cases, this may be harmful and your doctor may advise you to avoid certain foods.
In the case of Aldara cream there are no specific foods that you must exclude from your diet when receiving Aldara cream. Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take including prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. The FDA categorizes medications based on safety for use during pregnancy.
Five categories - A, B, C, D, and X, are used to classify the possible risks to an unborn baby when a medication is taken during pregnancy. This medication falls into category C. It is not known if Aldara will harm your unborn baby. There are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women.
Aldara Cream should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus. It is not known if Aldara is excreted in breast milk or if it will harm your baby. Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised when Aldara Cream is administered to nursing women. Apply Aldara cream exactly as prescribed. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully. For external genital and perianal warts, Aldara imiquimod cream is usually used once a day for 3 days a week for 16 weeks.
For actinic keratosis, Aldara imiquimod cream is usually used once a day for 2 days a week, 3 to 4 days apart for 16 weeks. For superficial basal cell carcinoma, Aldara imiquimod cream is usually used once a day for 5 days a week for 6 weeks.
Leave the cream on the affected area or areas for the time your doctor recommends. The length of time that Aldara cream is left on the skin is not the same for the different skin conditions that Aldara cream is used to treat. This system is called 'scheduling'. You can read more about the scheduling of medicines as well as the different scheduling categories on our Scheduling of medicines and poisons information page.
This medicine is available from a pharmacist and requires a prescription. It is Schedule 4 : Prescription Only Medicine. For the active ingredient imiquimod. You should seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist about taking this medicine. They can help you balance the risks and the benefits of this medicine during pregnancy. Print the CMI. You can report side effects to your doctor, or directly at www.
It is most commonly seen as a slow-growing, persistent red scaly patch on areas exposed to the.. Read more on Australasian College of Dermatologists website. Genital warts are are small, soft lumps in the genital area caused by some types of human papillomavirus HPV. They are among the most common sexually transmitted infections STIs. Read more on myDr website. The first aid for burns is to run cold water over the burn for 20 minutes.
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant, if you become pregnant while using the cream or are planning a pregnancy. Imiquimod cream should not be used during pregnancy.
Your doctor will recommend other treatments for you. Apply the cream 2 times weekly for 6 weeks OR 3 times weekly for 4 weeks. You may be asked to repeat the treatment after a break of 4 weeks. If your lesions are very scaly, your doctor may freeze them with liquid nitrogen about 3 weeks before starting imiquimod. Apply the cream to the lesion on 5 days each week. Continue for 6 weeks.
Apply the cream 3 times a week on alternate days followed by a 2-day treatment-free interval.
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