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Event Reports Obtained from FDA Detail 1,637 Adverse Reactions to Gardasil
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released documents obtained from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, detailing 1,637 reports of adverse reactions to the vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV), Gardasil. Three deaths were related to the vaccine. One physician’s assistant reported that a female patient “died of a blood clot three hours after getting the Gardasil vaccine.” Two other reports, on girls 12 and 19, reported deaths relating to heart problems and/or blood clotting.
As of May 11, 2007, the 1,637 adverse vaccination reactions reported to the FDA via the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) included 371 serious reactions. Of the 42 women who received the vaccine while pregnant, 18 experienced side effects ranging from spontaneous abortion to fetal abnormities.
Side effects published by Merck & Co. warn the public about potential pain, fever, nausea, dizziness and itching after receiving the vaccine. Indeed, 77% of the adverse reactions reported are typical side effects to vaccinations. But other more serious side effects reported include paralysis, Bells Palsy, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and seizures.
“The FDA adverse event reports on the HPV vaccine read like a catalog of horrors,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “Any state or local government now beset by Merck’s lobbying campaigns to mandate this HPV vaccine for young girls ought to take a look at these adverse health reports. It looks as if an unproven vaccine with dangerous side effects is being pushed as a miracle drug.”
Judicial Watch filed its request on May 9, 2007, and received the adverse event reports from the FDA on May 15, 2007. Judicial Watch has posted the adverse event reports on their Internet site at: www.JudicialWatch.org.
(A recent study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, also questioned the general effectiveness of Gardasil.)
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What now
I have had 2 of three shots and since the second I have had chest pains pains in my left side as if I have ran a marathon and severe head aches what now I have no insurance I do not work I am a sahm I have been to the dotors for the pain they say the chest pains were stress but they never ran any test this is the reaction you get in MD when you do not have insurace please tell me if these are side affects of gardisil I do not know what else it could be from
well..
I think this drug is absolutely ridiculous and should be taken away from the hands of medical professionals immediately. I was doing research because I THOUGHT getting this vaccine would help me later in life, but with the death reports and blood clots, all of these side effects that seem much more dangerous then the HPV disease itself-which i have read can be treated if caught early enough. Why did the FDA approve this drug? and why haven't they banned it yet? Medical Professionals should not be putting MORE vaccines in young girls, we should be educating them instead.
To the woman above- try a clinic! =] They could probably help you more than you think, and if nothing else- they will probably complain for you!
my child
my daughter got her first shot and started complaining of chest pain about a month later next time she got her 2nd dose she broke out in a rash all over her face about 4 days later she broke out in a dark rash on the top of her arm next on the lower part of her arm is this part of the side effects of this or what help me please
hvp shot
my 19 year old daughter had the first shot.after 2 days broke out in a rash on her legs that drove her crazy.within a week of the shot she deveolped an ovarien cyst and has had surgery and lost one third of her ovary has anyone elese had this problem.
HPV Vaccine
I am a clinician who works for the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. I routinely provide this vaccine to eligible patient when requested to do so. Since licensure, I have administered this vaccine to well over a hundred pre-teen and teeen age girls.
In my experience, since the vaccine has been licensed and approved for use, I have not had any patient or family return to clinic because of a presumed adverse reaction after the administration of this vaccine.
Immunizing patients with biological agents may create a risk situation for some individuals. Fortunately, the majority of adverse reactions reported to the VAERS presumably due to administration of this vaccine are minor. From my investigation of this product, I have come to the conclusion that the benefits of administering this vaccine to susceptibles vastly outweighs the very very remote life-threatening negatives. In other words this is a very safe product.
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