Posted on 02/17/2009 7:14:40 AM PST by BGHater
A Wichita teen and her mother want a popular vaccine taken off the market. Doctors say Gardasil is killing the 16-year-old.
The drug is used to prevent the HPV virus which causes cervical cancer. The makers of Gardasil recommend girls and young women ages 9-26 get the vaccine to protect them from the virus that causes cervical cancer.
Twenty-eight women have reportedly died from Gardasil.
Sixteen-year-old Gabi Swank used to be a cheerleader, a gymnast and a 4.0 student at Wichita's South High, but after getting the Gardasil vaccination last year, her health deteriorated quickly.
She's had two mini strokes, seizures and swelling of all the tissues in her body. She even has paralysis on the right side of her face. After months of testing, doctors finally pointed to Gardasil as the cause.
"I want this drug off the market. I want it off the market," said Swank from her home.
The CDC and the FDA say they have received thousands of reports of adverse reactions to the vaccine, but the government adds, it continues to find that the benefits of Gardasil outweigh the risks.
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GMTA -— I was pulling up the list as you were typing :)
Jax is “supposed” to get this vaccine this summer -— it ain’t happening.
Just a statistically-insignificant anecdote. Move along, nothing to see here ...
Rick Perry, please call your campaign manager...
These sentences are why the media shouldn't be allowed to report anything science-related. Most people don't understand scientific things to begin with, and then we get the media making claims that HPV causes cancer. If reporters were in our labs, we'd have discovered a cure for cancer already. HPV may be a cause or a risk factor but it's being reported as the cause. Idiots.
No way. There’s too much money and hype in this drug, and it has political backing, as it did when they rushed it to market. I’m not being sarcastic here, if Phen-phen had the same political backing and money behind it, it’d still be on the market.
I guess it will be proposed for Elen at her next checkup, but my doctor won’t be surprised when I say, “No, thanks.” She knows I don’t get some of the vaccines even for infectious diseases, if we’re not likely to be exposed.
Our lib Governor actually did something right when he amended the mandatory law to make opting out easier than the original legislation.
Governor Good Hair white courtesy phone please...
Good for him. There are many drugs and vaccines that an adult may wish to receive, having calculated the risk/return to himself, but pushing them on children is deeply offensive, imo.
http://www.fiercevaccines.com/tags/gardasil (recall in Spain)
The CDC and the FDA say they have received thousands of reports of adverse reactions to the vaccine, but the government adds, it continues to find that the benefits of Gardasil outweigh the risks
Really? I bet the young women feels different.
What a stupid comment for a Government that subsidizes the production of tobacco.
I'm no doctor, but it seems to me that if a vaccine is a good enough idea, it can stand alone on its own merits - not need to be propped up by a massive paid-for advertising campaign.
Here it is “required” for entering 6th grade, that’s why I know the doc will bring it up this summer.
I couple of months ago I was furious about getting pharma propaganda about this vaccine from our former family doctor’s office. Why Jax is still listed as a “patient” is beyond me, considering the doctor is in Delaware and we had her records sent here more than 5 years ago..........
Correct me if I’m wrong, but, isn’t cervical cancer virtually unknown among girls and women who aren’t sexually active, and/or are in mutually monogamous relationships?
It seems to me that giving this to girls as young as 9 is absurd, if you are trying to protect them from something that they won’t be exposed to.
Or is the assumption that these young girls and young adult women are of course having sex, so they should get this shot.
And isn’t it true that this doesn’t protect against all cervical cancers anyway?
The CDC and the FDA say they have received thousands of reports of adverse reactions to the vaccine, but the government adds, it continues to find that the benefits of Gardasil outweigh the risks.
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How many dead girls or bad reactions is it going to take before it is taken off the market?
Just further proof that the FDA is not looking out for you. (As if you needed any more proof.)
The reasoning is that the girls will be sexually promiscuous shortly, and therefore should be vaccinated while they’re pre-pubescent.
And you’re right, the vaccine does not cover all strains of HPV, only some. Annual testing (pap smears) will still be necessary, and a real risk of the vaccine is that recipients will think they’re “safe” and not get their tests done.
Does anyone know in which states this is mandatory?
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