Gardasil drug interactions with other medications, such as anticoagulants or immunosuppressants, can potentially cause bleeding under the skin or cause the Gardasil to not work as well as it should. It is not known whether Gardasil will interact with most other vaccines. Therefore, talk to your healthcare provider about whether the benefits of taking Gardasil outweigh the risks.
Gardasil® (Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus [Types 6, 11, 16, and 18] Recombinant Vaccine) can potentially interact with many drugs. Some of the drugs that may lead to Gardasil interactions include:
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Medications that thin the blood
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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID’s)
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Thrombolytics
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Immunosuppressants
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Certain biologic medications
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Corticosteroids
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Other vaccines
Thank you for this most relevant and useful information.
There are a few other issues. Anticoagulants are mentioned, but the opposite case should also be considered – the effect of Gardasil when taken with pharmaceuticals which increase the risk of blood clots, for example oral contraceptives. There is an increase in the risk for blood clots with both Gardasil and “the pill”.
It is not known whether the risk is increased two-fold, ten-fold or more when they are both taken.
Another consideration is interactions which may take place between Gardasil ingredients, for example between polysorbate and aluminium. The polysorbate renders the blood-brain barrier more porous (“opens it up”), thus facilitating the passage of aluminium through the barrier and into the brain tissue.
It is shocking and frustrating to discover that when doctors and other health care providers are asked about ingredients, interactions, long term side effects, combinations with other vaccines,etc, they often have no idea at all, nor are they interested in finding out.
Therefore “Talk to your healthcare provider about whether the benefits of taking Gardasil outweigh the risks” is dubious advice.
Not only because they so often know little about this, but because the benefits of taking Gardasil are often very good (economically) for them – but all the risks are taken by the patients only.