gardasil shot and birth control pills?I am getting my third and final gardasil shot tomorrow. However, I am on the birth control pill, ortho-trycyclen low and I read on this site: http://www.scpie.org/pubs/FDAData.htm
that The new data also show that three female patients who received the vaccine died. However, Merck, the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which helps the FDA monitor vaccine adverse events, said the deaths were unlikely to have been caused by Gardasil. Two of the women were taking birth-control pills and died from blood clots, a known risk of contraceptive medication, according to the CDC. The third, a 12-year-old girl, suffered from heart disease and died from a heart inflammation brought on by the flu, the CDC said.
I have NOT had any problem with my other two shots before hand. My first shot was in Jan. when I was not on the pill. the second shot was in April..(when I had been on the pill for 2 months) and now I'm getting the last gardasil shot tomorrow (and i will now be on the birth control pill for 7 months)
Im just a little freaked out after reading that. So do u guys think i should finish up the last shot?
I know thousands/millions of other women get the shot..but im just a bit nervous now
Answer by shani050
Finish it up. I've been on the pill for 5 years and got all 3 shots no problem. I know not everyone is the same but if you got the shot after 2 months on the pill, there shouldn't be any trouble with it now. The same hormones that were in your body then are in there now.
Answer by Az R
Blood clots are a known problem with birth control. Certain organizations are attempting to 'spin' the data to make it look like Gardasil caused the clots. There has been no data to suggest this is the case.
Clot deaths from birth control are tragic, but fortunately very rare. Look at it this way. If I took a million women on the birth control pill, and a million off the pill, many, many more would die due to complications of pregnancy than from blood clots. With birth control risk, you're trading one small risk for an even smaller one. The shot isn't going to affect your risks of a clot, there's no medical or biological reason to think it would. And remember, if you don't get that last shot, the previous two don't offer very good, if any at all, protection.
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