[Avalaxy]

I really wish we had therapeutic vaccines against HPV. As a man, I always got told "it's not for men", followed by "it is also for men, but only if you never had sex", followed by "it's also for men who had sex, but only to a limited age".

As a male who meets all the criteria to be in a high risk group for HPV throat cancer, and who is dealing with a persistent HPV infection (as proved by warts that won't go away), I'm really sad that I may one day at a young age get cancer in my throat, and there is nothing I can do about it to prevent it. I wish we would put the same amount of energy into inventing vaccines that suppress the virus, or help the body to get rid of them.

[toomim]

Go find a doctor who will prescribe it off-label.

I was in a similar situation to you. The doctor said it wasn't indicated for me, but I said I wanted it anyway, and the doctor said ok, and it cleared up my existing HPV infections after dose #2.

[sureIy]

This pisses me off.

I live in a part of the world that feels almost too liberal for drugs, but that also means that when I wanted to get the HPV vaccine, I walked into a clinic and got the shot. Then I went to a different country and got the second and third shots.

What's the hold up?

Please keep trying to get your Gardasil-9 shots even against their advice.

[vidarh]

It's a matter of cost-effectiveness and slowly increasing evidence.

You can get it privately most places, and the age limits are likely to keep being pushed.