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28 Women Miscarry After Receiving HPV Vaccine Gardasil; FDA Says No

Reason to Re-Examine Approval

 

Foxnews

December 06, 2007

 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the cervical cancer vaccine

Gardasil is safe despite that 28 U.S. women who received the vaccination

had miscarriages, CNSnews.com reports.

Clinical trials show the vaccine's miscarriage rate is consistent with

that of women in the general population who were given placebos, and most

of the miscarriages reported cannot directly be connected to Gardasil,

the FDA said.

A 24-year-old woman miscarried in May after being vaccinated with

Gardasil and an investigator reported to the federal government that the

miscarriage " may have been caused by Gardasil because the patient

received the injection within 30 days of the pregnancy. "

The vaccine is used to prevent the human papillomavirus ­ a sexually

transmitted disease believed to be the cause of most cases of cervical

cancer.

There have been 3,461 adverse reactions, including eight deaths, reported

since the vaccine was approved for use in girls as young as 9 in June

2006. The FDA and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have

concluded most side effects are minor and believe there is no reason to

re-examine the drug's approval.

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C293...5466%2C00.html