| FACTS
1.GARDASIL may not fully protect everyone and
does not prevent all types of cervical cancer, so it is important
to continue regular cervical cancer screenings.
2. Anyone who is allergic to the
ingredients of GARDASIL should not receive the vaccine.
3.GARDASIL is not for women who are
pregnant.
4.GARDASIL will not treat these diseases
and will not protect against diseases caused by other types of HPV.
5.GARDASIL is given as 3 injections over 6
months and can cause pain, swelling, itching, and redness at the
injection site, fever, nausea, and dizziness.
6.Only a doctor or healthcare professional
can decide if GARDASIL is right for you or your daughter. Ask
about GARDASIL today
Gardasil Facts:
Gardasil won't prevent all forms of genital warts or cervical
cancers, but it is highly effective at preventing genital warts
and cervical cancers that are caused by the types of HPV that the
vaccine targets.
Gardasil will be given as a three dose series completed
over 6 months.
Who Should Get Gardasil:
Since Gardasil prevents HPV, a sexually transmitted disease, it
is important that it be given before people become sexually
active. In fact, the ACIP recommends that Gardasil be routinely
given to girls when they are 11 or 12 years of age. Gardasil can
be started as early as age 9 though, and can also be given to
women 13 to 26 years old.
Gardasil Side Effects:
According to the CDC, so far in testing, 'there appear to be no
serious side effects. The most common side effect is brief
soreness at the injection site.'
Gardasil Controversy:
Some experts think that Gardasil may lead to controversy
because some parents will have problems thinking about giving a
vaccine against a STD to pre-teens. Other parents might not want a
vaccine against a STD at all, believing that their children could
not be at risk. And still others think that Gardasil might
encourage promiscuity, since it could foster the belief that it
protects against STDs.
What You Need To Know:
Gardasil is not a 'STD vaccine' in the sense that it
prevents all STDs. It simply provides protection against
certain types of HPV, but not other STDs, such as HIV or
herpes.
Cervarix is another HPV vaccine that is being developed by
GlaxoSmithKline
Gardasil Basics:
Gardasil is a new vaccine being made by Merck & Co., Inc. and
which has been approved by the FDA to prevent cervical cancer in
females between the ages of 9 and 26 years of age.
What Gardasil Is Used For:
Gardasil is a vaccine against the HPV or Human Papillomavirus.
The Gardasil vaccine protects recipients against 4 types of HPV,
including the two types that cause most cervical cancers and the
two types that cause the most genital warts.
HPV Facts:
HPV is a sexually transmitted disease that causes genital
warts, abnormal Pap tests, and cervical cancer.
About 20 million people are infection with HPV in the
United States and almost 3,700 women die of cervical cancer in
the US each year.
Since many people have no symptoms and not even know that
they are infected with HPV, they can pass on their HPV
infection to their sexual partners without knowing.
There is no cure for HPV infections
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