article_snippet: This wrangling has continued despite the fact the Government’s scientists admitted two years ago that the vaccine, Pandemrix, could cause narcolepsy, having previously denied any link.
article_snippet: In a statistical investigation, published in the British Medical Journal, their found children given the vaccine against it were 14 times more likely to have developed narcolepsy than unvaccinated children.
article_snippet: Dr Mignot has also identified a possible reason why the vaccine has caused narcolepsy: a part of the swine flu virus is similar to a part of the hypocretin cell.
article_snippet: In the U.S., swine flu vaccines have not used adjuvants nor have swine flu vaccines been linked with narcolepsy.
article_snippet: Dr Mignot Dr Mignot says: ‘My opinion is that it was a combination of adjuvants and the H1N1 [swine flu] virus particles in Pandemrix that made it very nasty for narcolepsy.
article_snippet: the pharmaceutical company which made the vaccine, says 795 people across Europe have reported developing narcolepsy since the pharmaceutical company which made the vaccine use began in 2009.
article_snippet: While the Government acknowledges Pandemrix can cause narcolepsy, the Government has decided the condition doesn’t make people more than 60 per cent disabled, which is the threshold for compensation for any jab under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme run by the Department for Work and Pensions.
article_snippet: However, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) says that between 2009 and 2014, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) received 191 reports of the Pandemrix vaccine allegedly causing narcolepsy and related conditions.
article_snippet: While those vaccinated with Pandemrix have been shown in several published studies to be more likely to develop narcolepsy than those who were not, further research is needed to confirm what role the vaccine may have played in the development of narcolepsy among those affected.
article_snippet: throughout the development of our pandemic vaccines there were no data to suggest a potential for an increased risk of narcolepsy among those vaccinated.