For Aldara Users

How to Use Aldara Cream

Use Aldara Cream exactly as prescribed by your doctor or healthcare provider. Aldara Cream is for skin use only. Do not take by mouth or use in or near your eyes, lips, or nostrils. Talk with your doctor or other healthcare provider if you have any questions.

Aldara Cream does not work for everyone. Aldara Cream will not cure your genital or perianal warts. New warts may develop during treatment with Aldara Cream. It is not known if Aldara Cream can stop you from spreading genital or perianal warts to other people. For your own health and the health of others, it is important to practice safe sex. Talk to your healthcare provider about safe sex practices.

Use Aldara Cream only on the area of your body to be treated. Your healthcare provider will tell you where to apply Aldara Cream and how often and for how long to apply it for your condition. Do not use Aldara Cream longer than prescribed. Using too much Aldara Cream, or using it too often, or for too long can increase your chances for having a severe skin reaction or other side effect. Talk with your doctor or healthcare provider if Aldara Cream does not work for you. For external genital and perianal warts, Aldara Cream is usually used once a day for 3 days a week: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, or Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. For these conditions, Aldara Cream is usually left on the skin for about 6 to 10 hours. Treatment should continue until the warts are completely gone, or for up to 16 weeks.

Applying Aldara Cream

  • Aldara Cream should be applied just before your bedtime
  • Wash the area to be treated with mild soap and water. Allow the area to dry
  • Uncircumcised males treating warts under their penis foreskin must pull their foreskin back and clean before treatment, and clean daily during the weeks of treatment
  • Open a new packet of Aldara Cream and apply a thin layer of Aldara Cream only to the affected area or areas to be treated. Do not use more Aldara Cream than is needed to cover the treatment area
  • Do not get Aldara Cream in your eyes
  • Do not get Aldara Cream in the anus when applying to perianal warts
  • Female patients treating genital warts must be careful when applying Aldara Cream around the vaginal opening. Female patients should take special care if applying the cream at the opening of the vagina because local skin reactions on the delicate moist surfaces can cause pain or swelling and may cause problems passing urine. Do not put Aldara Cream in your vagina or on the skin around the genital warts
  • Safely throw away the open packet of Aldara Cream so that children and pets cannot get it. The open packet should be thrown away even if all the Aldara Cream was not completely used
  • After applying Aldara Cream, wash your hands well
  • Leave the cream on the affected area for about 8 hours, then wash off
  • If you get Aldara Cream in your mouth or in your eyes, rinse well with water right away
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Aldara Cream is a skin-use only (topical) medicine used to treat external genital and perianal warts in people aged 12 years old or older.

Safety Information:

When using Aldara Cream, the most common side effects involve skin reactions in the application area. These include redness, swelling, a sore, blisters, or ulcers, skin that becomes hard or thickened, skin peeling, scabbing and crusting, itching, burning, and changes in skin color that do not always go away.

The effect of Aldara Cream on the transmission of external genital warts is unknown. Aldara Cream may weaken condoms and diaphragms. Sexual contact should be avoided while the cream is on the skin. New external genital warts may develop during treatment.