 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Rita, the qoute was right off the CDC website, including the amount estimated for the injections -that is why it is all in qoutes. I merely cut and pasted it. Since Gardasil had been through all three clinical trial phases it's not actually "new" anymore. It's actually been proven to be safe and efficacious. It was fast tracked through the FDA however so the typical 10 years of clincial data and review are not there but the FDA is watching it closely. The patient sample size was over 21,000 and they had very few adverse reactions. I would challenge them on the price Current CDC adverse effects detail: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/vaers/gardasil.htmCDC link for costs: http://www.cdc.gov/std/HPV/STDFact-HPV-vaccine.htm#hpvvac4
Last edited by Gary; 12-08-2008 04:15 PM.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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