GARDASIL®

DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN

You do everything you can for your health—and your future. So make sure you’re also doing everything you can when it comes to HPVHPVHPV stands for human papillomavirus, a common virus that affects both females and males. There are more than 100 types of HPV and most often it does not cause any symptoms and goes away on its own. Others can cause diseases of the genital area.
See Full Glossary protection.

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the only way you can totally protect yourself from genital HPV is to completely avoid any sexual activity that involves genital contact.

If you are having any kind of sexual contact:

• Use a condom—though it’s unknown how much HPV protection condoms actually provide.
• Limit your number of sexual partners.
• Know that there is currently no HPV test for guys. So as far as HPV protection goes, there is no way to know whether your partner could expose you to the virus.

You want to do everything you can to help protect yourself from HPV infection. Getting vaccinated with GARDASIL® is one way to help protect yourself from 4 types of HPV. Even if you’re already sexually active, you can still get vaccinated with GARDASIL®. Learn why here.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT GARDASIL®

GARDASIL® is a vaccine indicated in girls and women 9-26 years of age, for the prevention of infection caused by HPV types 6, 11, 16, and 18 and the following diseases associated with these types: cervical cancer, abnormal and precancerous cervical cells, vaginal and vulvar cancers, abnormal and precancerous vaginal and vulvar cells, and genital warts. 

GARDASIL® helps prevent these diseases but it does not treat them. And just like all vaccines, GARDASIL® may not fully protect everyone who gets it. GARDASIL® does not protect against all types of HPV. Duration of protection over the long term has not been established. Vaccination with GARDASIL® is not recommended during pregnancy.

Like all vaccines, GARDASIL® may cause some side effects. GARDASIL® has been shown to be generally well tolerated in adults and children as young as 9 years old. The most commonly reported side effects in girls and women included pain, swelling, itching, bruising and redness where the shot was given. Fever, nausea, dizziness, headache and vomiting were also reported. Allergic reactions may occur.

Even if you get vaccinated with GARDASIL®, it is still important to continue having regular Pap tests.

Only a healthcare professional can decide if GARDASIL® is right for you or your daughter.

Read the Patient Product Information or the Prescribing InformationTo retrieve this information you will be re-directed to a page within our main Merck Frosst Website which contains Product Monographs, Prescribing Information, Product Information and Consumer Information approved by Health Canada. Click here to go to the Gardasil® page on MerckFrosst.com for more information.