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If you notice severe skin irritation or flu-like symptoms (diarrhea, fatigue, fever, headache, or muscle pain), check with your doctor. It may be necessary for you to reduce the number of times a week that you use the medicine or to stop using the medicine for a short time until your skin is less irritated or your flu-like symptoms disappear.
For treatment of warts on the skin outside of the genital or rectal areas (condyloma acuminatum), avoid having genital, oral, or anal sex while the medicine is on your skin. Make sure you wash the cream off your skin before you engage in any sexual activity. Also, the medicine contains oils that can weaken latex (rubber) condoms, diaphragms, or cervical caps causing them not to work properly to prevent pregnancy.
Imiquimod is not a cure for genital warts. New warts may develop during treatment with imiquimod.
Imiquimod will not keep your from spreading genital warts to other people.
Do not use any other skin product on the same skin area on which you use this medicine, unless directed otherwise by your doctor.
Do not share your medicine with others, even if you think that they have the same condition you have.
