Gardasil Side Effects
More serious adverse effects of taking
Gardasil are:
The most common adverse side effects of having the
Gardasil vaccine are:
- Erythema at injection site
- Injection site pain
- Injection site pruritus
- Swelling at injection site
- Nausea
- Dizziness
- Headache
- Fever
If you or a loved one has had serious adverse effects as a result of taking this drug, please do not hesitate
to contact someone who can help you.
Warnings & Recalls for Gardasil
The most important contraindications of
Gardasil is hypersensitivity to its product components, or severe allergic reactions to yeast. You might be dissuaded from being administered
Gardasil if you’ve had a previous administration of human papilloma virus recombinant quadrivalent vaccine before.Some precautions before being administered
Gardasil are:
- Acute illness with or without fever
- Syncope
- Seizures
It is also worth noting that
Gardasil is a drug that is in the FDA-categorized "B" category. Even though it has been concluded that
Gardasil poses no direct threat during pregnancy to the mother or to her fetus, it is still implied and understood that people should not take
Gardasil while pregnant but opt after pregnancy to take this drug.If you or a loved one has had serious adverse effects as a result of taking this drug, please do not hesitate
to contact someone who can help you.
Gardasil Treatment and Use
Gardasil | Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine is a drug that’s manufactured and marketed by the drug company Merck & Co., and is a vaccine used for the prevention of certain types of human papilloma virus (HPV), specifically HPV types 6, 11, 16 and 18. HPV 16 and HPV 18 account for about 70% of all cervical cancers. These strains are also responsible for most HPV-induced vulvar, anal, vaginal as well as penile cancer cases. HPV 6 and HPV 11 cause about 90% of genital warts cases.
This drug is not without its controversies due to the requirement in the state of Texas that adolescent girls receive the vaccine. This was bolstered by the fact that the HPV strains that Gardasil protects against are sexually transmitted.
It was approved by the FDA on June 8, 2006 and the FDA recommends vaccination before adolescence and any sort of potential activity in young women.
The active components of Gardasil are:
- Proteins of HPV Types 6, 11, 16, and 18
- Amorphous aluminum hydroxyphosphate sulfate (adjuvant)
- Yeast protein
- Sodium chloride
- L-histidine
- polysorbate-80
- Sodium borate
Total revenue for Merck & Co. for their Gardasil product in 2010 was about $221 million dollars.
If you or a loved one has had serious adverse effects as a result of taking this drug, please do not hesitate to contact someone who can help you.
Other Names for Gardasil
HPV Vaccine
Lawsuits & Legal Information for Gardasil
