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January 31, 2007

Gardasil and Autoimmune Disorder Risk

I was interested to see that Dr. Dave at CafePharma pointed out that there was a slight increase in autoimmune problems in study participants receiving the vaccine.

The only significant concern that I appreciated in terms of the safety data was a slight absolute increase in potential autoimmune phenomena (e.g., inflammatory arthritis) in the vaccination group. This will be something to keep an eye on.

CafePharma is a place where people in the pharmaceutical industry can talk to each other about drugs and vaccines in a casual and open way. View the full thread with Dr. Dave here.

Here are the study results he was referring to. The ages of participants ranged from 9 to 26:

In one study involving 11,813 Gardasil recipients, 2 recipients developed rheumatoid arthritis, 5 developed arthritis, and 1 developed reactive arthritis.

In the control group receiving a placebo containing aluminum, 1 recipient developed lupus and 2 recipients developed arthritis.

Out of a total of 21,464 study partipants, there were 17 deaths that Merck says were unrelated to the vaccine. The deaths were broken down as follows:

Out of those who received Gardasil:

4 motor vehicle accidents
1 overdose/suicide
1 pulmonary embolus/deep vein thrombosis
2 cases of sepsis
1 case of pancreatic cancer
1 case of arrhythmia

In the control group receiving an aluminum placebo:

3 motor vehicle accidents
2 overdose/suicides
1 pulmonary embolus/deep vein thrombosis
1 case of asphyxia

Both the Gardasil vaccine and the placebo contained aluminum.

To read the results of the clinical trials yourself, visit this page.

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Can you see the difference? I can't see the difference. Sad, really sad. :(

1. Posted by Nibfu on January 31, 2007

Will we ever wake up?

2. Posted by Gary on February 1, 2007

Stop poisoning sick people

3. Posted by Czes Kulvis on June 26, 2008


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