Thursday, October 18, 2012

Gardasil

Please note: We still do not recommend this vaccine and this study only shows the side effects in the acute situation, not long term.

From Reuters (10/1):
HPV vaccine Gardasil safe for teens, young women

A study involving almost 190,000

girls and women ages 9 to 26 found no new safety concerns with Merck & Co.'s human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil. Fainting and rare cases of skin infections, the only observed side effects, were expected and benign, according to researchers. The findings appear in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/01/us-hpv-vaccine-found-safe-in-large-study-idUSBRE8901B820121001

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