HPV Vaccine Adverse Reactions
I had already discussed the mandated HPV vaccine in Texas, but now there is some new information.
An analysis of reports of serious medical problems following vaccination against cervical cancer with Merck’s Gardasil found that two-thirds of patients required additional medical care, a vaccine safety group said Tuesday.
The National Vaccine Information Center looked at a report from the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System on problems following vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) during the last six months of 2006.
Of 385 adverse events reported, two-thirds required further attention and one-third occurred in children 16 and under. In almost 25 percent of those cases, patients also received one or more of 18 vaccines that Merck did not study, in combination with Gardasil, NVIC said in a prepared statement.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, as well as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are nopw saying that Gardasil should not be given at the same time as any other vaccines and that patients should be monitored for at least 24 hours after the vaccination for complications.
If this is not reason enough not to require young girls get a vaccine that is fresh to the market, I don’t know what is.
HPV, HPV vaccine, Merck, HPV vaccine complications, vaccine reactions, teenagers, vaccines
February 24th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
Thanks for sharing this! I’ve been opposed to the vaccine because it is so new there is not enough research as to any adverse effects. Now it is being known.
Here are a couple more articles about it.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/141210/is_there_really_a_vaccine_for_cervical.html
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/156938/merck_stops_gardasil_lobbying_campaign.html
July 8th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
[...] of death and 10 confirmed deaths, but none of the deaths has been tied to the vaccine, CNN said. Other adverse reactions include reports ranging from injection site pain, nausea and dangerous blood clots to paralysis [...]