HPV Vaccine Gardasil Linked to Serious Injuries

A Los Angeles, California-based lawyer with nearly four decades of legal experience, Michael Lin Baum serves as a senior partner of Wisner Baum. Through the firm, Attorney Michael Lin Baum has handled thousands of wrongful death and personal injury cases stemming from major pharmaceutical drugs, including the Human Papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil (HPV).

The HPV vaccine Gardasil has been linked to a host of debilitating injuries. Gardasil’s manufacturer Merck billed the vaccine as a solution for preventing cervical cancer caused by the human papillomavirus and curing genital warts, which are sometimes caused by certain strains of HPV, however, Gardasil is unproven at preventing cervical cancer. People who have taken this vaccine are contemporary sufferers of multiple alleged adverse effects.

Some serious injuries linked to Gardasil are reproductive disorders, miscarriage, premature ovarian failure, immune diseases, and seizure disorder. Many people allegedly suffer chronic pain from Gardasil. The drug has allegedly resulted in postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) countless times.

Gardasil Vaccine Misleadingly Marketed to Boys and Men

Serving the legal needs of clients nationwide, Attorney Michael Lin Baum practices in Los Angeles, California as a managing partner at Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman. Over the years, Michael Lin Baum has handled diverse wrongful death and personal injury matters related to harmful and defective pharmaceutical drugs.

An example is Merck & Co.’s Gardasil vaccine, which was primarily marketed as an effective way of eliminating human papillomavirus (HPV) risks among adolescent girls. Unfortunately, the data presented that led to the approval of Gardasil by the FDA was false and underreported or ignored potentially serious adverse effects, according to allegations in lawsuits being filed across the United States.

The vaccine also injured some boys and men, whom Merck targeted as consumers, according to the allegations. In 2009, the FDA approved Gardasil’s use in males age 9 to 26 to prevent genital warts related to a pair of HPV strains. The following year, approval was granted for the drug’s use in preventing anal cancer in patients of both sexes, age nine to 26. It is alleged that Merck never proved that Gardasil effectively prevented cancer, and its use was linked to increased cervical cancer rates.

With Merck having presented ads that pressured parents into getting sons vaccinated, a number of boys and teenagers who did receive the drug, reported neurological symptoms, chronic fatigue and pain and movement disorders. This gives them a legal right to sue Merck for health issues incurred.

Book Highlights Lawsuit Centered on Off-Label Use of InFUSE Bone Graft

A partner and president at Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman, Michael Lin Baum is an established Southern California lawyer who provides client-centered support to people across the country. Having handled several pharmaceutical drug cases, Attorney Michael Lin Baum has navigated issues of fraudulent clinical studies and misleading advertising that led to people taking prescribed medications harmful to them.

One of Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman’s cases was detailed in the book “The Danger Within Us: America’s Untested, Unregulated Medical Device Industry and One Man’s Battle to Survive It.” The lawsuit involved a client who sued her neurosurgeon and Medtronic, Inc. over alleged defects in the InFUSE Bone Graft Device, which led to it being dangerous and unsafe.

Approved by FDA in 2002, the genetically engineered product is for a form of spinal fusion surgery that addresses specific types of severe back pain. A decade later, a US Senate Finance Committee found that Medtronic had paid out hundreds of millions for physicians to manipulate studies and author articles favorable to the product. Beyond research, financial conflicts of interest, illegal off-label marketing, and underreporting of complications associated with InFUSE were at issue.

The woman who filed the complaint alleged many such violations, with the product promoted in a way that violated FDA regulations. This “improper off-label promotion” led to a prevalence of potentially dangerous off-label uses of InFUSE treatments. In particular, an FDA researcher found that a high percentage of adverse events associated with InFUSE were linked with off-label use.

The client further alleged that her physician recommended the off-label cervical fusion surgery she underwent due to “personal financial ties” with Medtronic. Following off-label cervical fusion surgery, she experienced ectopic bone overgrowth, accompanied by excruciating pain, which is legally actionable.

Gardasil Allegedly Subjected Recipients to Autoimmune Disorders

A lawyer with an extensive history of representing clients in wrongful death and personal injury cases, Michael Lin Baum has spent nearly four decades as managing partner of Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman in Los Angeles, California, where he oversees all aspects of the firm, including mass tort litigation. As an attorney, Michael Lin Baum’s current legal case involves injuries caused by Merck’s Gardasil HPV vaccination.
The HPV vaccine includes a genetically modified strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) as an expedient. While S. cerevisiae has proven efficacy in strengthening the immune system and wound healing, past studies have also raised awareness of detrimental adverse effects (autoimmune disorders) that yeast could trigger if the immune system cannot cope with that dosage.
Autoimmune disorders occur when the immune system destroys healthy body tissues. Typically, the immune system recognizes yeast as a foreign invader and creates antibodies to fight yeast antigens (proteins). Although this mechanism is the same way the immune system fights infection, yeast may be present in the body in residual amounts and will not be considered an infection since it urges the immune system to create more antibodies and become stronger. In adverse cases, however, there might be a production of an abnormally high concentration of antibodies, causing the immune system to begin attacking healthy cells instead. These unusually high levels of S. cerevisiae antibodies have been found in patients with autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and certain types of diabetes.
As a result, there’s a high chance that Gardasil is responsible for most autoimmune injuries that are rampant among patients who are recipients of the HPV vaccine– advertised as protection against the human papillomavirus. Consequently, Gardasil’s manufacturer, Merck, is facing multiple related lawsuits.