Comments on: Where The Boys Are: Merck, Gardasil And Warts http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/where-the-boys-are-merck-gardasil-and-warts/ News, Comment and Conversation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:07:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jim http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/where-the-boys-are-merck-gardasil-and-warts/#comment-413633 Jim Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:50:55 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=17577#comment-413633 Actually, HPV is big problem, for more information about genital wart: http://www.treatmentforgenitalwarts.org/ Actually, HPV is big problem, for more information about genital wart:
http://www.treatmentforgenitalwarts.org/

]]> By: Ed Silverman http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/where-the-boys-are-merck-gardasil-and-warts/#comment-381350 Ed Silverman Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:08:34 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=17577#comment-381350 Hi Michael, A belated thanks for your kind note. I once worked at a tabloid and, while I didn't write headlines there, something about the atmosphere rubbed off. And I kind of like the song. Best ed Hi Michael,

A belated thanks for your kind note. I once worked at a tabloid and, while I didn’t write headlines there, something about the atmosphere rubbed off.

And I kind of like the song.

Best
ed

]]> By: Michael http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/where-the-boys-are-merck-gardasil-and-warts/#comment-381320 Michael Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:41:37 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=17577#comment-381320 This is off topic, but the headline for this entry is perhaps Silverman's best. Well done, sir. This is off topic, but the headline for this entry is perhaps Silverman’s best. Well done, sir.

]]> By: Nathan http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/where-the-boys-are-merck-gardasil-and-warts/#comment-381311 Nathan Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:00:53 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=17577#comment-381311 harpy, It's from the NCI. (link at bottom) Here's point #6 on the below link: "Gardasil and Cervarix are highly effective in preventing infection with the types of HPV that they target. FDA-approved Gardasil prevented nearly 100 percent of the precancerous cervical cell changes caused by the types of HPV targeted by the vaccine for up to 4 years after vaccination. Two follow-up studies of Gardasil confirmed these findings. The studies also found the vaccine to be less effective in women who had previously been exposed to HPV types 16 and 18" http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/risk/HPV-vaccine harpy,
It’s from the NCI. (link at bottom) Here’s point #6 on the below link:
“Gardasil and Cervarix are highly effective in preventing infection with the types of HPV that they target. FDA-approved Gardasil prevented nearly 100 percent of the precancerous cervical cell changes caused by the types of HPV targeted by the vaccine for up to 4 years after vaccination. Two follow-up studies of Gardasil confirmed these findings. The studies also found the vaccine to be less effective in women who had previously been exposed to HPV types 16 and 18″

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/risk/HPV-vaccine

]]> By: harpy http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/where-the-boys-are-merck-gardasil-and-warts/#comment-381309 harpy Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:28:36 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=17577#comment-381309 <i>"...it has only been shown to prevent pre-cancerous legions (100% effectively)"</i> Link please? “…it has only been shown to prevent pre-cancerous legions (100% effectively)”

Link please?

]]> By: Nathan http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/where-the-boys-are-merck-gardasil-and-warts/#comment-381282 Nathan Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:27:33 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=17577#comment-381282 Ed writes: "There still is no medical proof Gardasil prevents penile cancer or other HPV-associated cancers in men." I don't see how this is very relevant. There is still no medical proof that gardasil prevents cervical cancer in women. To my knowledge, it has only been shown to prevent pre-cancerous legions (100% effectively). The HPV-cancer link is so well established that actual proof of protection against cancer wasn't even needed. I don't think the link between HPV and penile & oral cancer is quite as well established. But when (and if) that happens, the drug should be easily approved for boys. Ed also writes: "There also is no evidence the vaccine prevents the spread of HPV from men to women." Also, to my knowledge, there is no evidence that the vaccine prevents the spread of HPV from women to men. But this didn't stop its approval for women. Ed writes: “There still is no medical proof Gardasil prevents penile cancer or other HPV-associated cancers in men.”

I don’t see how this is very relevant. There is still no medical proof that gardasil prevents cervical cancer in women. To my knowledge, it has only been shown to prevent pre-cancerous legions (100% effectively). The HPV-cancer link is so well established that actual proof of protection against cancer wasn’t even needed. I don’t think the link between HPV and penile & oral cancer is quite as well established. But when (and if) that happens, the drug should be easily approved for boys.

Ed also writes: “There also is no evidence the vaccine prevents the spread of HPV from men to women.”
Also, to my knowledge, there is no evidence that the vaccine prevents the spread of HPV from women to men. But this didn’t stop its approval for women.

]]> By: Anne http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/where-the-boys-are-merck-gardasil-and-warts/#comment-381279 Anne Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:10:30 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=17577#comment-381279 Merck's Gardasil Should Not Be Mandatory: Report http://tinyurl.com/5luuk9 Merck’s Gardasil Should Not Be Mandatory: Report
http://tinyurl.com/5luuk9

]]> By: Anne http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/where-the-boys-are-merck-gardasil-and-warts/#comment-381278 Anne Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:09:52 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=17577#comment-381278 Gardasil Linked to Seventy-Eight Outbreaks of Genital Warts http://www.naturalnews.com/024774.html Gardasil Linked to Seventy-Eight Outbreaks of Genital Warts
http://www.naturalnews.com/024774.html

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