Gardacil....off topic discussion

There is a male version — it’s the same as the female version. The only reason it’s not yet been approved for males is that the FDA did not feel Merck’s data were sufficient....meaning Merck is targeting the female population. The current vaccine only affects 4 strains of HPV......there are 200 strains!
Pat

There was an article in my local paper a couple of weeks ago about a 16 year old girl who had adverse reactions to her vacine. It seems that it has brought on a terrible asthma attack. She had asthma as a young girl but it had been years since she was bothered. Now she is very ill and has missed lots of school. I think there is lots to be learned about this vacine yet.
Balihigh

Pat,
I have made the decision for the last two years at Lauren's annual checkup NOT to get her the Gardacil shot. This only reasures me that I have made the right decision. I also remember reading some report from England about adverse reactions but can not remeber where. Glad to know I am not crazy.

Webs

I know this is off topic...but we're all being bombarded with commercials on Gardacil as if its the best thing going for young females to protect them from cervical cancer. I was doing some research on hospitals in Australia and inadvertantly came upon a statistic that floored me...over 3000 adverse reactions to date with young girls from this drug. (They must have had the trials over there)
Now i read this article published in 2007
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/63586.php
and a more recent article
www.newsinferno.com/archives/4673

Whoa!! This kind of reminds me of being one of the first females to be given birth control...oh yeah..its safe...best thing going...those pills were 10mg. of estrogen back then!!!!! Thankfully my OB/GYN took me off them as i was getting headaches comparable to the A Bomb going off in my head.
Does any of this seem acceptable to you?
Pat

Pat