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[|Human|] Your last name is very appropriate for how I feel. GRIEF. I am a 48 female from Canada and I am suffering from severe side effects of a topical chemotherapy cream called Aldara. I used it on my entire face for a few small patches of keratosis not knowing that it was a poweful anti-cancer drug that works on your immune system . I used several packages in total, spread out in four seperate treatments and only realized after I became extremely ill that I had over dosed on a dangerous chemotherapy drug. I stopped using it only after exposing myself to high levels of Imiquimod and I now suffer extreme head pain, sore throat, inner ear pain,swollen lymph nodes, insomnia and now eye pain. I was in the ER days after stopping treatment because I thought I was going to die from the severity of my reaction. I was told I had given myself essentially chemotherapy and it would eventually leave my body and I would get better. Well It hasn t and I am not. I cannot find anyone in the small city I am in to treat me, not even the dermatologist who half hazardly prescribed it to me without any instructions or warnings. Are there any specialists in the U,S or even in Toronto( which is closer to me ) that you can suggest that could help me recover from these horrible and painful side effects? I realize my case is very unusual and how many people over dose on Aldara? I am desperate to find help and my family doctor and dermatologist do not have any ideas who to call. Do you have any clinics or specialists I might call or my doctor can call to help me recover from this? I am unable to find the right doctors on my own and I would even see a specialized naturopathic doctor if I thought they could help me. Please help if you can in any way. Sincerely, Tracey
[|AI|]  Hi, I would suggest you not to worry too much. I can understand your problem, but there is treatment of every adverse effects, so you should not worry. Altar is not a chemotherapy, it is an immunomodulator. It is used to treat low grade superficial cancer like basal cell carcinoma and also other non-malignant causes. The side effects are generally local like skin irritation, pruritic, erythema, scab formation. The side effects mentioned by you are extremely uncommon from this ointment. You may consult an internal medicine specialist for baseline investigations.