Cervical Cancer Vaccine?

Question

I am going to the OB/GYN today to get more information about Guardasil and possibly get the vaccine today. Can anyone tell me any information about it? Thanks!

Answer 1

I'll tell you I'd never get this if I were in the age range.

There are NO long term studies done to this, so we don't know what its long term risks are!

Also, several Gardasil ads have stated that it may NOT prevent the four forms of cervical cancer it says it will prevent! So it may or may not prevent them!

We don't know enough about it. Its TOO NEW and NO studies have been done.

I'd never recommend this for my kids or myself.

Answer 2

It is a three part shot. You get the first one right away and then the next one I think 2 months later and then the last one 3 months after that. My daughter only has 1 more shot left. For all of the technical info this should come from your doctor not people on here. I am not sure why you don't just get it from your regular doc unless you don't have a problem getting appointments with your specialist. Good Luck.

Answer 3

I've heard there are a series of 3 shots. Depending on how many vaccines your doctor has, you may be put on a waitlist. My cousin is on the waitlist at our OB/GYN and shes been on it for 6 months. Supposedly the shots are in high demand for younger girls to get. There is a lot of controversy because a lot of mother's want shots for their daughters who are ages 12-17.

I was also told in order to get the shots you cannot have HPV.

Answer 4

Gaurdisil is not the Vaccine for Cervical Cancer, it is the vaccine for the four main types of HPV which is the Human papilloma Virus (Genital Warts). It is very common in woman of ages 18-26. Please get the Vaccine, I will be able to give you more in depth information if you'd like, just let me know.

Answer 5

Gardasil is a vaccine which is intended to offer protection against 4 strains of human papillomavirus(HPV).

There are more than 100 HPV types and 30-40 can be sexually transmitted, with 15 HPV types associated with cervical cancer.
The majority of women clear the HPV virus from their bodies naturally.
Between 1955 and 1992, cervical cancer deaths in American women dropped by 74 percent due to routine pap smears.
Most cervical pre-cancers develop slowly, so nearly all cervical cancers can be prevented with regular pap smear screening and prompt treatment.
Survival for women with pre-invasive cervical cancer lesions is nearly 100% with early diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
http://909shot.com/Diseases/HPV/HPVInfec...

The vaccination contains known carcinogens, such a polysorbate 80. Yet, as with all vaccinations, it is not tested for carcinogenic or teratogenic properties, or effects on fertility.

http://909shot.com/Diseases/HPV/HPVrpt.h...
http://909shot.com/Diseases/HPV/HPVRPT2....
http://909shot.com/Diseases/HPV/HPV_Vacc...

http://www.vaclib.org/news/2006/gardasil...

Answer 6

if your under the age of 26 then you can get it for free they may ask you to take a pregnancy test and i know some friends who have actully been knocked back from their doctors because they have had more than 1 sexual partner where others haven't been but its three injections over a period of seven months in either the upper arm or thigh

Answer 7

I'd say it's probably worth it. You get three of them, one every 3 or so months I think it was. They kind of hurt, and I got bruises on my arm after each of the three, but I'd definitly say it's worth it. My doctor did a lot of research on them before he highly reccomended them to me, saying it can only do good and it's a smart idea. Hey, it can keep you from getting one kind of cancer, and in a world where apparently everything causes cancer these days, at least you can eliminate one!