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Doctor Criticizes NHS Choice Of Cervarix Over Gardasil For HPV
A doctor expressed his opinions regarding the human papillomavirus
(HPV) vaccination chosen by the United Kingdom for its immunization
program, according to an opinion piece released on October 24, 2008 in BMJ.
A general practitioner and and broadcaster, Phil Hammond claims that
even doctors will choose Gardasil for their own children over the
government's choice, Cervarix. He agrees with the opinion,
citing Peter
Greenhouse, a sexual health consultant: "You’d
be mad not to protect
your daughter against genital warts if you can afford to," and choosing
to vaccinate his own children with Gardasil.
He points out that both vaccines show similar efficacy against the
strains of HPV that cause most forms of cervical cancer. However, only
Gardasil protects from 90% of genital warts. In England, there are
100,000 new cases of genital warts each year, and condoms only reduce
transmission up to 50%. As a result, Gardasil vaccination is the
superior prophylactic, and most doctors, he writes, would recommend
Gardasil over the alternative Cervarix.
However, Gardasil is only available to patients privately, and costs
£350 to £400 ($550 to $650 USD), a price that most
parents cannot accommodate. He argues that this gives the patients very
little choice in the vaccine they receive. Additionally, the National
Health Service (NHS) has not given appropriate information about both
vaccines, with Gardasil receiving no attention on the websites of NHS
choices or NHS vaccination.
The choice appears to have been made for financial reasons. However,
the current cost of treating genital warts in England was estimated as
£23 million ($36 million USD) per year. This means that,
within 3 or 4 years, the use of Gardasil would begin to repay its
initially high cost.
Dr. Hammond voices the opinion that for any licensed treatment, the
public should be informed with rapid, simple, unbiased information
regarding efficacy and safety. He claims that the genital warts lobby
is simply undercover, “but if it was
breast cancer, there would doubtless be an industry supported march on
Downing Street…There are no letters to the Times, and warts
have never
made it to the cover of the Mail.”
(Not) warts and all
Phil Hammond
BMJ 2008;337:a2186
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