Part of public health policy is determining the best use of funds – to save or protect the most lives with the fewest resources. With all the demands on health care from heart disease, diabetes, AIDS, and other types of cancer, the economics for Gardasil don’t add up.
The introduction of Gardasil (Merck & Co, Whitehouse
Station, NJ, USA) as a vaccine to the human papillomavirus
(HPV) has received much media attention worldwide since its
approval by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2006.
From the United States to the United Kingdom, New Zealand,
and Malaysia, news headlines have highlighted various issues
and controversies surrounding the HPV vaccine.
A Recent CNN Article lead with this headline… Gardasil® Deaths, Gardasil® Side Effects, Gardasil® Paralysis – Is the HPV Vaccine Given to Prevent Cervical Cancer Causing More Medical Problems? A vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer is coming under fresh scrutiny amid thousands of complaints linking it to a range of health problems. Gardasil® has [...]
Potential Signals of Serious Risks What is FDA posting? The following reports list any potential signals of serious risks/new safety information that were identified using the AERS database during the indicated quarter. The appearance of a drug on this list does not mean that FDA has concluded that the drug has this listed risk. It [...]
Goal Is to Provide Signs of Possibility Of Adverse Effects By JARED A. FAVOLE WSJ.com, September 5, 2008 8:07 p.m. WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday unveiled a report listing 20 drugs that the agency is investigating for potential side effects, as part of a new policy to warn patients and health-care [...]
Opportunistic marketing isn’t new. Mass merchandising of tobacco products to minors delivered millions of “Hooked for Life” or at least until premature death ‘users” for BIG TOBACCO. With recent regulations that allegedly limited marketing tobacco to minors, rapacious advertising agencies and armies of mercenaries (lobbyists) have moved to a new, even more, profitable venue —BIG [...]
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) I was doing some research for a fiend whose child had just been “diagnosed” Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by a school nurse who suggested drug therapy. My first thought was a Kindergarten version of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’…dazed and compliant preschoolers. In the past decade, ADHD, ”Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, [...]
What are fentanyl skin patches? FENTANYL (Duragesic®, E-TRANS® Fentanyl) relieves moderate to severe chronic pain. Fentanyl patches are commonly used to treat pain associated with cancer. Once the patch is applied, the medicine is slowly absorbed through your skin into the bloodstream to help control your pain. Generic fentanyl skin patches are available. FDA Recalls [...]
Coalition of Advocates Launch Just Say “Know” to Prescription Drugs Campaign – Declaring October “Just Say Know month,” effort aims to get one million people to take a second look at the drugs they are taking. A coalition of 10 organizations, advocates, healthcare professionals, academics and concerned citizens have launched a campaign to get one [...]
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