Have FDA and CDC changed their recommendations for the use of Gardasil based on their vaccine safety monitoring?
While no vaccine or medicine is completely without risk, CDC and FDA have reviewed all of the safety information available to them about Gardasil. Based on this, CDC and FDA have determined that Gardasil is safe to use and effective in preventing 4 types of HPV. CDC continues to recommend the vaccination of 11 and 12 year old girls with 3 doses of vaccine to prevent the types of HPV that most commonly cause cervical cancer and genital warts. The vaccine is also recommended for girls and women ages 13 through 26 who did not get any or all of the doses when they were younger. FDA has changed Gardasil’s prescribing information to involve information about preventing falls from fainting. CDC has taken steps to remind doctors and nurses about this same information. CDC is also adding this information to its educational material for parents.
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