Dr. Carrie Jones: The HPV Vaccine - What Do You Need To Know?
Additionally, those who have yeast sensitivities should not receive Gardasil as it is a component of the vaccine.
The company states that girls, ideally between the ages of 11 and 12, who are not yet sexually active should start the first of the three rounds of vaccinations. The schedule of injection should occur over the next 6 months and costs about $125 per dose. A woman can still receive the vaccination up to 26 years old even if she is sexually active and has one of the common HPV strains because she could develop protection against the other three.
Once a woman has been vaccinated, it is not yet known how long the effects will last or if she will need a booster shot. Also, it is not a replacement for her yearly pap test.
The most common side effects at the site of injection are pain, swelling, and redness. Systemically, women frequently experience fever, nausea, itching, dizziness, vomiting, headache and fainting. Additionally, when you look on the ‘Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System,’ also known as VAERS, there are many reports of more serious effects such as anaphylaxis, neurological problems, autoimmune disease, seizures, heart problems and even death.
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I work at the Medicine Shoppe and our pharmacists recommended that girls between 11 and 12 years of age receive the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. It’s given as a series of three shots over the course of six months. Also, it’s highly recommended for girls between 13 and 18 years old if they have not yet been vaccinated. The good news is that older adult women are also seeing benefits from the vaccine. For more information about Gardasil ask your local pharmacist.
There are also a lot of women, however, who have had issues with guardasil. A few girls have even been paralyzed by it.
I understand that when a new vaccine comes out people want the public to know about it -- but it seems really suspicious the way everyone is really pushing this drug. When I went to the doctor to get shots for living on-campus at college, my doctor nearly had a fit because I told her I did not want the shot. She almost refused to see me.
What is Guardasil hiding that they can't report more of the cases where it doesn't work?
One good friend of mine was paralyzed from it for nearly a year- she was told she would never run again, but thankfully after a year and a half of diligent physical therapy and an amazing amount of determination, she's back on her feet.
My best friend, however, wasn't so lucky- the vaccination caused her to have severe ovarian cysts, and now she can no longer bear children. Both girls are under the age of 21.
They're pushing a vaccine that has not been tested nearly enough too far and too fast- this HPV scare is out of control.