2007-02-19 21:33:51 · 3 answers · asked by fuerza 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Well, given the fact that it has been recently made mandatory for all middle-school aged girls in the state of Texas, I would imagine that it's being given quite reegularly -- my wife has had it administered as well. It is effective for the lifetime of the individual, and is specific for the strains 6, 11, 16, and 18 of HPV, as they are the main disease-causing strains.
2007-02-20 01:58:36 · answer #1 · answered by citizen insane 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nobody knows.
And nobody will until it's been on the market for quite sometime.
It has actually never been proven to prevent cancer. No one in the study got cervical cancer - no one, not those who had gardasil *or* those who had the placebo. So it is not known to effective.
When the chicken pox vaccine came out, they said it would be life long immunity, but they just added a 2nd dose to the schedule.
2007-02-20 20:47:09 · answer #2 · answered by starlight 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to http://www.yourchildrennaturally.com there is a current article on Gardasil and you should look at the other articles on vaccines
2007-02-21 14:53:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋