Do Vaccines Cause Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome? Review of Cases in the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program

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Waheed, Waqar [1 ]
Holmes, Gregory L. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Vermont, Larner Coll Med, Dept Neurol Sci, Burlington, VT USA
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Vaccination; Autoimmune; Cytokine; Molecular mimicry; SYNDROME POTS; BLOOD-VOLUME; INTOLERANCE;
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10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2024.09.025
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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Background: The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 created the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), a no-fault alternative to the traditional tort system. Since 1988, the total compensation paid exceeds $6 billion. Although postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a frequent reason for filing a claim, there has been no review of the process and validity of the legal outcomes given current medical information. The purpose of this study was to review vaccine-related POTS and assess the rationale behind decisions made by the court. Methods: We identified 102 unique cases with POTS. All published reports were reviewed for petitioner's theories supporting vaccine-induced POTS, respondent's counterarguments, the final decision regarding compensation, and the rationale underlying these decisions. The primary goal was to determine which factors went into decisions regarding whether vaccines cause POTS. Results: In deciding the cases the Special Masters hearing the cases place a high reliance on expert witnesses for both the petitioners and respondents. Petitioners' experts frequently implicated vaccines, primarily human papillomavirus vaccine, as causing POTS through autoimmunity induced by molecular mimicry. However, in none of the 102 cases was POTS considered to be directly caused by a vaccine. Conclusions: Despite the lack of epidemiologic or mechanistic evidence indicating that childhood vaccines covered by the VICP result in POTS, these cases continue to be adjudicated, at considerable cost to the government. Unless there is emerging scientific support for implicating vaccines in POTS it is time that the VICP stop considering these cases. (c) 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.
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