I am not equating VIOXX and Gardasil. I am saying that they are both made by the same company and the company has claimed at their release to the public that they were safe. It is the screw me once shame on you; screw me twice, shame on me scenario. Only now the drug is targeted at developing females, and I say that it is best to err on the side of (over)caution.
As far as whether I feel that people should stop taking Singulair and Zocor, I would say in many cases yes. The drug companies bombard consumers with commercials telling them that they need 'this' medication. This country is over medicated! Patients should not be telling their doctor that they can't get a boner, so they need Viagra, or their legs are heavy and restless so they need Requip. They should be telling their physician the symptoms they are experiencing and let the doctor tell them their treatment options. But thanks to relentless advertising, patients are now prescribing medication for themselves and going to a doctor to get his/her signature on a script. Probably not the system that Hippocrates had in mind.
Good grief!
Selected important information about GARDASIL
As with any vaccine, vaccination with GARDASIL may not result in protection in all vaccine recipients.
About HPV Disease
In the United States, approximately 20 million people are infected with HPV, and approximately 80 percent of females will have acquired HPV by age 50. For most people, HPV goes away on its own
We agree on this - direct to consumer advertising is persuading people into things they don't need. I saw ads for implantable defibrillators on cable, which struck me as a terrible idea, worse than usual.