Gardisil

4Speedy

I'm watching the scroll on the bottom of Good Morning America and it says there have been 12,000 medical complications since the introduction of Gardisil.  Has anyone seen a more in depth story on this?  Does that mean everything from redness at injection site on up or are they referring to serious complications?

magnoliablossom

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/vaers/gardasil.htm

ETA:

As of June 1, 2009, more than 25 million doses of Gardasil were distributed in the United States.

As of June 1, 2009,  there were 14,072 VAERS reports of adverse events following Gardasil vaccination in the United States. Of these reports, 93% were reports of events considered to be non-serious, and 7% were reports of events considered to be serious.

VAERS defines serious adverse events as adverse events that involve hospitalization,  permanent disability,  life-threatening illness, and death. As with all VAERS reports, serious events may or may not have been caused by the vaccine.

 

Yodajo

I didn't open the pp link, but I'm sure it mentions the other serious side effects experienced like blood clots and even death.

I heard a news story yesterday where an OB/GYN who has a 11 or 12 y.o. DD said he wasn't going to have her vaccinated because there wasn't enough known about the vaccine and there other ways to prevent cervical cancer right now, like routine pap smears.  It made perfect sense to me.

goodheartedmommy

I think gardasil is one of the most controversial vaccines. Not enough is known about it, and there is a very high incident of guillaume-barre in the days after the injection. I think this is one that is completely unnecessary,

hopefulmom

It means everything...including the redness at injection site.  It's pretty new.  My oldest DD didn't get it but I'm not sure about the youngest one.  We still have several years.  Hopefully it comes out that it is good.  People would not say it was not a necessary vaccine if they knew someone with cervical cancer.  It prevents the virus (not all).  Once detected by pap smears it is too late...the virus is there (not necessarily cancer cells though).  Just have to keep up to date with pap smears...but with all cancer cells some grow faster in some people than others.

Yodajo

I think its an important vaccine IF it is a safe vaccine, which has not yet been proven.  This is coming from someone who is very provaccine.  Pap smears catch precancerous cells.  Also, studies show that, unless a woman is immune compromised,  cervical cancer progresses very slowly and can be detected long before it is even potentially life-threatening.

This isn't true and the second part doesn't make sense to me.

hopefulmom:

Once detected by pap smears it is too late.....the virus is there (not necessarily cancer cells though).