New Gardasil Information for Parents to See

Every parent should see this video here I've put up on my health blog. It's very important!!

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Latest Gardasil Information

For the latest in information on the Gardasil vaccine, check it out on Finding A Healthy Me. I just went through the ingredients and then looked those up online. I was surprised at what I found. I think you will be too. Think: Roach Killer & Fire Retardant

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Gardasil Information

I am going to be posting information on adverse reactions to Gardasil on my health blog. The latest reports can be found there at Healthy Me. Somebody needs to look into these reactions more closely and it CAN NOT be the same company or organization who has a financial stake in the drug in any way.

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Gardasil Deaths and Adverse Reactions

Adverse Reactions
as of June 10, 2008
per the FDA:

8,864

This is an important topic to me because my daughter's pediatrician was putting on a little bit of pressure last year about giving it to my daughter and I know she will again at her next well-check. I didn't agree to it a year ago because I didn't know enough about it (other than what the drug company advertised in commercials and magazines). That was one-sided information from a company who would make money off of me if I bought into it and a doctor who probably gets perks from the pharmaceutical company for giving it to their patients so I wanted to look into it myself.

The latest I found indicates ten new deaths since September, 2007. Since January, 2007: 140 serious reports with 27 of those life threatening; ten spontaneous abortions; and six cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome.

When a vaccine is causing children to pass out and fall off the examining table, foaming at the mouth, grand mal seizure, paralysis, Bells Palsy, and coma, why would it be promoted the way it has been?

From the President of Judicial Watch:

“Given all the questions about Gardasil, the best public health policy would be to reevaluate its safety and to prohibit its distribution to minors. In the least, governments should rethink any efforts to mandate or promote this vaccine for children,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

One problem for about 25% of the children with adverse reactions is that these vaccines are being given at the same time as other vaccines. Merck, the manufacturer of Gardasil, didn't conduct studies on giving them in combination with most other vaccines. So why the serious reactions in the other 75%?

According to Medical News Today:

"Out of the 385 individual GARDASIL adverse event reports made to VAERS, two-thirds required additional medical care and about one-third of all reports were for children 16-years-old and under, with nearly 25 percent of those children having received simultaneously one or more of the 18 vaccines that Merck did not study in combination with GARDASIL. NVIC is calling on the FDA and CDC to warn parents and doctors that GARDASIL should not be combined with other vaccines and that young girls should be monitored for at least 24 hours for syncopal (collapse/fainting) episodes that can be accompanied by seizure activity, as well as symptoms of tingling, numbness and loss of sensation in the fingers and limbs, all of which should be reported to VAERS immediately.

Because Merck only studied GARDASIL in fewer than 1200 girls under age 16 in pre-licensure trials, it is critical that doctors and parents be made aware of the nature of the initial adverse event reports coming into VAERS and that they report serious health problems after vaccination when they occur," said NVIC President Barbara Loe Fisher. "There are twice as many children collapsing and four times as many children experiencing tingling, numbness and loss of sensation after getting a GARDASIL vaccination compared to those getting a Tdap (tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis) vaccination. There have been reports of facial paralysis and Guillain-Barre Syndrome. And doctors who give GARDASIL in combination with other vaccines are basically conducting an experiment on their young patients because Merck has not published any safety data for simultaneous vaccination with any vaccine except hepatitis B vaccine.

NVIC also found that there were several VAERS reports of HPV infection, genital warts and cervical lesions after GARDASIL vaccination. It is unknown if the girls were infected with HPV before being vaccinated or if GARDASIL failed to protect them. One case of HPV infection occurred in a 22-year-old girl who had participated in a Merck GARDASIL trial in 2003 when she had shown "strong conversion to all 4 vaccine types" but "tested positive for high risk HPV" in 2006, according to the VAERS report.In a May 18, 2006 Background Document for the FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRPBAC), the FDA staff stated that Merck clinical trial data indicated there may be "the potential for GARDASIL to enhance cervical disease in subjects who had evidence of persistent infection with vaccine-relevant HPV types prior to vaccination." Girls and women now being vaccinated with GARDASIL are not routinely being tested for active HPV infection before vaccination."

They also wrote this:

"If only 1 to 4 percent of all adverse events associated with GARDASIL vaccination are being reported to VAERS, there could have been up to 38,000 health problems after GARDASIL vaccination in 2006 which were never reported," said Fisher. "How many girls are really having short-term health problems associated with getting this vaccine that could turn into long-term neurological or immune system disorders? And how many will go on to develop fertility problems, cancer or damage to their genes, all of which Merck admits in its product insert that it has not studied at all? We just don't know enough to be mandating GARDASIL for anyone, much less vulnerable 11 to 12 year old girls entering puberty."

My children do get vaccinations. They have all had the "required" vaccines. However, this is one vaccine that they will not be receiving.

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Gardasil and Adverse Reactions

A comment on my other post about Gardasil prompted me to do more research online about people who pass out after receiving it. This is what I found:

• Injury Board: "A study of the vaccine's safety by The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC.org) found more than 80 reports of adverse reactions to Gardasil upon being administered. These adverse reactions have been reported to include Syncopal Episodes and Seizures (a temporary loss of blood flow to the brain resulting in loss of consciousness, e.g., "passing out."), seizures, Guillain-Barre syndrome, falls, etc."
• National Vaccine Information Center: "A 16-year-old Illinois girl was vaccinated July 7th and 13 days later developed symptoms eventually diagnosed as Guillian-Barre Syndrome. A 14-year-old girl in the District of Columbia was vaccinated on July 11th and complained of severe pain immediately following the injection, fell off the examining table and experienced a 10 to 15 second fainting spell ending up in the emergency room with a headache and speech problems. The report of this reaction, the first in the nation, was filed on July 14th, 15 days after the ACIP vote.
  Six months later, 82 reports of GARDASIL reactions have been submitted to VAERS on behalf of at least 84 young girls and 2 boys.[1] Reaction reports have come in from 21 states and the District of Columbia.[2] Reactions were reported for children and young adults ranging in age from 11 to 27. Of the reports indicating what day the vaccine was given and the reaction occurred, 63 percent stated that the reaction occurred the same day the vaccine was given. All but three of the reports were for reactions that occurred within one week of vaccination." There is a lot more information at the link at the start of this bullet point that you can read.
• Blog.wired.com: Read this article too...discusses deaths, adverse reactions and disruptions in pregnancies.
• Judicial Watch: Reports of the FDA's adverse reaction reports are here.

My daughter will not be getting this vaccine.

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Is Gardasil hurting and killing our kids?

I came across some articles tonight claiming that the Gardasil vaccine has caused death, paralysis, illness, spontaneous abortion, and more to some individuals after taking the vaccine. If you read my other blog, you know I have been on a mission to find out all I can about this vaccine as our pediatrician is encouraging it be given to our oldest (who just turned 11). I wanted to share this information with readers here too so its not missed.

Finding out what is true and what isn't is always difficult to decipher. So, I am putting all the information that may play into a parent's decision-making out there so families can make informed decisions on this vaccine.

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Here is the CDC's response. In my opinion, this response leaves too many questions in my mind as to the safety of the vaccine at this time.

As of right now, my opinion is that my daughters will not be receiving this vaccine. It has always been my intention to ensure they knew all they need to know about safe sex to protect themselves. That intention remains.

More CDC information.

EDITED 7/8/08: I have another post about Gardasil with links to adverse reactions that include passing out, seizures, disruptions in pregnancy. Read it here.

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