Gardasil’s Serious Side Effects Include Miscarriages and Deaths

The vaccine Gardasil causes very serious side effects, including death. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) maintains the vaccine only has minor side effects, eighteen deaths have been reported. Although not causally linked to Gardasil, eleven of the deaths occurred less than 7 days after the women received the vaccine. The youngest victim was only 11 years old. Forty-five women have experienced miscarriages or spontaneous abortions soon after receiving Gardasil injections. If you or a loved one suffered as a result of Gardasil, CLICK HERE for a free legal case evaluation

Gardasil is a vaccine designed to prevent the Human Papilloma Virus or HPV. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease. Normally HPV will not cause any symptoms and will go away on its own. However, in a small number of cases, if untreated, HPV can lead to genital warts and cervical cancer. There are about 40 types of HPV; Gardasil is only designed to prevent 4 types of HPV, 6, 11, 16 and 18. However, two of those types cause 70% of cervical cancer, while the other two types cause 90% of genital warts. The FDA approved Gardasil in June 2006. At the time the FDA heralded Gardasil as a “huge advance.” Nevertheless, Gardasil is still in testing phase and final tests will not conclude until September 2009.

Gardasil is administered through a series of three injections. The three injections are given over a six month period of time, the second dose two months after the first and the third dose four months later. Gardasil is recommended only for girls and women aged 9-26 years old. The FDA has not approved it for use in older women. In fact in June 2008, the FDA declined to approve Gardasil for women ages 27-45. Currently, the best time to receive the Gardasil vaccine is before a girl or woman becomes sexually active. The normal age recommended for girls to receive the vaccine is 11 or 12 years old.

The developers of Gardasil, Merck & Company, stated Gardasil was virtually free from side effects. However, this is not accurate, over 8,000 cases of adverse side effects have been reported to the FDA’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System or VAERS. Gardasil has serious side effects. Such side effects include:

Lesser serious side effects include mild fever, nausea, pain and swelling at the injection site, dizziness and fainting, muscle pain and vomiting. In 2008, Judicial Watch, a public interest group, issued a special report on the FDA’s quick approval of the Gardasil vaccine. Click here to read full report. It found the FDA rushed through the approval of Gardasil, after only a six month review process and has been on the market for over two years while testing of the vaccine is incomplete. The long term effects of Gardasil are unknown, particularly the effects on a woman’s fertility. In addition, the effectiveness of Gardasil long term is unknown. The vaccine is thought to only be effective in preventing HPV for two to five years, which means girls and women will have to receive multiple vaccines throughout their lifetime.

Merck & Company aggressively lobbied for Gardasil to be mandatory for public school children, even though, neither the New England Journal of Medicine nor the American College of Pediatrics recommend mandatory vaccines. Over twenty states have considered making Gardasil either mandatory or voluntary for middle school girls. However, only Virginia has passed such a bill into law, which contained an opt-out provision for parents. Even Dr. Diane Harper, a specialist who helped developed Gardasil is against mandatory vaccines. She said, “the vaccine has not been out long enough for us […] to really understand what all of the potential side effects are going to be.” (http://cbs4.com/iteam/Gardisil.Girls.Vaccine.2.718592.html.)

PLEASE SPEAK WITH YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE RECEIVING OR CONTINUING GARDASIL INJECTIONS.

If you believe that you or a loved one has suffered serious injury or death as a result of Gardasil, you may want to speak with an attorney regarding a potential lawsuit. A lawyer familiar with new developments in the investigation of Gardasil may be able to help you make important personal and legal decisions. Please CLICK HERE for a free consultation.