ALDARA (IMIQUIMOD)

Aldara Information

Aldara is a medicine that is also generically known under the name of Imiquimod Topical. This medicine is an immune response modifier. This drug is known to affect the natural response that the patient’s body immune system would give to some stimuli.

Aldara Indications

Aldara is a medicine that can and is usually used for the treatment of patients who are suffering from genital warts (this includes perianal warts). Aldara can also be prescribed to treat actinic keratosis (this disorder is characterized by dermal warty overgrowths) and to treat another disorder called basal cell carcinoma. However, Imiquimod can also be used in the treatment of other medical conditions that have not been listed here. Ask your personal healthcare provider for more information.

Aldara Warnings

You should not use Aldara on broken skin, and on burns and wounds. It is recommended that you wait until these medical conditions have completely healed before you apply this medicine on those skin areas. Imiquimod is a medicine that has been designed only for external use.

It is highly recommended that you should avoid getting Aldara in the mouth, eyes and nostrils, because this medicine might lead to severe irritations and allergic reactions. Avoid applying this medicine directly to the anus and vagina. Ask your personal physician for advice in these situations. You must not continue using this product after your treatment has ended. A prolonged treatment with this medicine might cause severe and dangerous skin damage.
You should apply Aldara only to the affected skin area for which you have been prescribed the medicine. Do not use it in any other skin areas. While following a treatment with this product to ease perianal or genital warts, you must avoid sexual contact (this includes oral or anal sex).

When this medicine is applied to the perianal and genital warts it may sometimes may weaken vaginal diaphragms and condoms, thus possibly leading to an unexpected pregnancy. Discuss with your personal healthcare provider other methods of contraception while using this product.  When you apply this medicine to a certain skin area, you must avoid getting the area that you are treating with this topical medicine wet. Do not go swimming until you have finished your treatment with this drug.

Using Aldara is known to sometimes increase the skin’s natural sensitivity to direct sunlight. It is highly recommended that you should avoid exposure to UV rays and to sunlight while using this product. If you cannot avoid such an exposure, you must wear protective clothing in order to avoid experiencing unpleasant sunburn.

You must not use Aldara on windburned or sunburned skin. It is best that you first wait until the skin area has completely healed before you use this product. This medicine is a category C FDA pregnancy medicine. Therefore, it has not been clearly determined whether a treatment with this medicine can cause harm on a growing fetus or not. If you are pregnant, or if you are planning to be so soon, you should ask your personal physician if you may start using this product.

Aldara Usage Guidelines

Ask your doctor how and for how long you have to use Aldara. You should avoid disobeying from any of the instructions (advices) that your personal doctor has given you. You can also rely on the instructions that are supposed to be written on the drug’s label. If you fail to understand some of these instructions, you should ask a nurse, a doctor or a pharmacist for further advice and recommendations. You must not stop your treatment with Aldara without your physician’s approval even if you start to feel better after a few days.

Aldara is regularly topically applied at night (preferably before going to bed). You should leave the drug on the skin for about 8 hours after you have applied it if you are using Aldara to treat actinic keratosis. If you are using this product to treat perianal or genital warts, you should leave the medicine for 6-10 hours after applying it. After this duration of the treatment has passed, thoroughly was the affected area with water and with a mild soap.  
Before applying Aldara, you should make sure the area that is supposed to be treated with this medicine is free from any impurities (it is best that you wash with water and with a mild soap; let it dry for a couple of minutes afterwards). Before applying this medicine on a clean skin area, you should carefully wash both of your hands.

Aldara Dosage

If you are using this medicine to treat actinic keratosis, Aldara is regularly prescribed once a day, two times a week. If you are using this medicine to treat perianal and genital warts, your physician should probably instruct you to use it once each day, 3 times per week. The average treatments with this product should not last longer than 16 days.

Aldara Overdose

Overexposure to this medicine or overdose with Aldara can sometimes cause unwanted skin damage. Alert your personal physician if you feel that you might be suffering from an overdose with this product.

Aldara Missed Dose

If you miss one of your prescribed doses of Aldara, you should apply it as soon as you remember. If it is time for another prescribed dose, skip the one that you have missed and proceed with your treatment. Ask for your physician’s consent before using double doses of this product.  

Aldara Side Effects

A treatment with Aldara may trigger allergic reactions. Inform your personal physician if you experience anything bothersome while using this product.

Aldara Drug Reactions

Ask your personal physician if you may use other medicines while being treated with Aldara.

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In some countries ALDARA may also be known as: Aldomet, Amender, Cardin, Dopamet, Hipten, Hydopa, Isomet, Medomet, Nudopa, Presinol, Sembrina, Tenzone, Imimore, Miquimod, Imimor, Labimiq, Tocasol