EXCLUSIVE: CANCER JAB HAS
LEFT ME UNABLE TO WALK
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/100058/EXCLUSIVE-Cancer-jab-has-left-me-unable-to-walk
Sunday Express
10 May 2009
SUFFERING: Jabs have left Rebecca Ramagge with
aching joints and fatigue
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A child specialist has linked the controversial
cervical cancer vaccine to a joint disorder that
has left a 13-year-old girl unable to walk.
Rebecca Ramagge, who has had three doses of the
drug in the past six months, suffers agonising
joint pains, fatigue, nausea and sight problems.
Consultant paediatrician Majeed Jawad has linked
her problems to the anti-cancer jab that is
being given to girls from the age of 11. It is
claimed it will give under-18s 70 per cent
protection against the cancer by 2011.
Earlier this month the Sunday Express revealed
that a group of teenagers are suing drug company
GlaxoSmithKline.
They have suffered symptoms ranging from
paralysis and seizures to fatigue, joint and
muscle pain since being given the Cervarix
vaccine.
Rebecca’s mother Clare Ramagge, 48, from
Reigate, Surrey, said: “It is heartbreaking to
see her like this because of a by-product which
has spoilt her life.”
A spokeswoman for GlaxoSmithKline said: “The
Government drug watchdog MHRA has reviewed all
reported adverse events and believes the balance
of risks and benefits for the vaccine remains
positive.”
A Department of Health spokeswoman said: “More
than 800,000 doses of Cervarix have been
administered in the UK. There is no evidence to
suggest that the vaccine carries any long-term
side effects.