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Aldara cream (imiquimod) is different from other genital warts treatment options in the way that it works, an immune response modifier that does not damages any healthy skin like other over the counter treatments. However aldara cream does cause symptoms such as redness at the application site in a good number of cases, temporarily. Which is said to be because of immune system response to the drug.
Genital warts cream aldara is to be applied by the patient directly on the genital warts and perianal warts but not on warts inside the vagina, or inside the anus (rectum). Aldara cream is safe, effective, easy to use, leaves not scars and offers an alternative to treatments that destroy healthy skin around the wart. And the ability to apply the cream in private relieves the patient from any embarrassments.
After 4 weeks of application 50 percent of the patients see reduction in genital warts. Though as the treatment is prescribed for 16 weeks, complete removal of genital warts may take up to that much time or less. The results are different on each individual. Clinical trials have shown that as much as half of patients using aldara got their genital warts removed partially or fully.
In a clinical trial with 311 patients, 72 percent of women and 33 percent of men using 5% Aldara cream achieved total wart clearance after a maximum of 16 weeks compared to 11 percent of patients using vehicle cream. In addition, 72 percent of those who cleared using Aldara and 82 percent of the vehicle group remained wart clear after 12 weeks. This study highlights that Aldara cream, used three times a week, is a safe and effective patient-applied therapy.
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