The Dangers Of Gardasil--Vaccine Against Cervical Cancer

I havn't heard anything bad about this until now. Thanks for the info. Although I know there are young girls that have also had the vaccine and are doing fine. So who knows what is to come of it.

I have never heard of this Injection but I am glad I haven't that is so terrible I hope they will stop giving them now if that is what they do

That really sucks! Those girls must have been allergic to something in it or something though. I think I'd willingly put up with (or submit my daughter to) a headache, nausea, or dizziness to prevent HPV and cervical cancer. I think that is a fair trade off. But I do think they need to figure out what's causing the deaths. And I'm not sure about the infertility. How can one be so sure it was the vaccine that causes it or if it was already there unless they already had babies before. I looked at that article but it gave no information about the three girls deaths. I was really interested in that part. With all vaccines - especially new vaccines - you should way the pros and the cons.

I've been reading a lot about this since it came out and I didn't like the sound of it from the beginning when they were trying to make it mandatory. I went to the manufacturer's site for information on the studies done on side effects. The study was for over 4 years and it included just over 20,000 women. Only 1/2 of the women got the Gardasil, the other half got a placebo and all the women were between the ages of 16 to 26. Now thinking on this they tested it on post pubescent girls and yet they wanted it mandatory for girls who were 12, prepubescent. So many changes happen in those four years from 12 to 16 in the body and that has to play a part in it. Let alone that the study was not done long enough to determine if there are life altering effects. They haven't thoroughly checked it with different age groups or races. All this for something that only causes one form of cancer and even then only fraction of the time. I cannot see making it mandatory. Add to that, after checking with the manufacturer, many could be allergic to one of the ingredients of the vaccine. If you go to the manufacturer's page it states if you are allergic to any part not to take it. What are the ingredients (taken from http://www.merck.com/product/usa/pi_circulars/g/gardasil/gardasil_ppi.pdf): The main ingredients are purified inactive proteins that come from HPV Types 6, 11, 16, and 18. It also contains amorphous aluminum hydroxyphosphate sulfate, sodium chloride, L-histidine, polysorbate 80, sodium borate, and water for injection. Now I'm allergic to anything with the letters sulf in them which include sulfate. So I can't take it but I wonder how many people are not going to know to check for that in there. Personally I think it should stay in the testing phase and when more is know about it allow it on an optional basis but not mandatory at all.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. The vaccine is just beginning to be commonly used here in the UK too. I guess overall it is a good idea, if it will protect young girls from the very real dangers of cancer in later life, - but these side effects are scary, and we haven't heard about them much here yet. Thanks again.

It would be great if they can make a vaccine that works to protect girls from developing cancer in later life. I hope they can make it safer as it will be a big step in improving womens health.

Somehow I knew something like this was going to happen. They are messing with the reproductive systems of young girls with this medication. This is another example of not enough testing being done for a long enough period of time to thoroughly evaluate the product for any of the possible negative effects. This is just too scary, and I am glad I didn't decide to let my daughter get the shots. Thank you for sharing this hon.

I think vaccines in general are very risky. Some of them are very neccesary though this I admit. This vaccine is not one of them I think though. The risk seems to be too high and it hasn't been out long enough yet to see what long lasting side effects it might have. I think the decision needs to be left up to the individual and the vaccine should not be allowed to be given to girls under 18, that way they can make up their own mind if they want it. The risks need to be fully explained for people to make the right choice. In Germany vaccines are mandatory and they even go around in the schools to hand out vaccines. German measels vaccines are mandatory for all girls because that disease can cause birth defects. I think those decisions need to be left up to the parents,especially with all the new findings about how vaccines can cause autism in children.