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60 Minutes - 1968 Thalidomide N-O-P-D- Blues NPR 27-38 was released on: USA: 4 June 1995
It Caused Unexpected Damage To The Babies Of Thousands Of Pregnant Women.
Yes, that is correct- to relieve nausea and morning sickness.
Ella Bully Cummings, born in 1958, was Detroit's Chief of Police beginning in 2003 until 2008. She was previously married to Warren C. Evans but does not have any children.
Dark Remedy: The Impact of Thalidomide and Its Revival as a Vital Medicine by Rock Brynner and Trent D. Stephens Suffer the Children: The Story of Thalidomide Tough Cookie: The Less Than Virtuous Tale of a Thalidomide Mum by Sheila Mottley Thalidomide and the Power of the Drug Companies (A Penguin special) by Robert Nilsson and Henning Sjostrom Dark Remedy: The Impact of Thalidomide and Its Revival as a Vital Medicineby Rock Brynner and Trent D. Stephens Suffer the Children: The Story of Thalidomide Tough Cookie: The Less Than Virtuous Tale of a Thalidomide Mum by Sheila Mottley Thalidomide and the Power of the Drug Companies (A Penguin special) by Robert Nilsson and Henning Sjostrom
Dr.R.Kunz and Dr.H.Keller invented thalidomide in Germany
Thalidomide was supposed to be an effective sedative for pregnant women, but thalidomide caused birth defects and peripheral neuropathy.
Any drug that will kill you if taken in excess. This includes most drugs, even aspirin. A non-lethal drug would be Thalidomide. One person attempting suicide by Thalidomide woke-up a month later with a head-ache. Interestingly pregnant women taking Thalidomide will have severely deformed children - so its a complex situation.
Thalidomide was originally given to pregnant women who suffered from morning sickness, it is not also used to treat leprosy. Although it often cured women's morning sickness, it actually causes severe limb dis-configurements in newborn children.
Many children of mothers who had used it were born with sever birth defects. Google it to learn more about the specific defects.
Billy Joel wrote the song "We Didn't Start the Fire" to capture the major events that occurred during his lifetime. The inclusion of thalidomide reflects the impact of the drug's side effects on children born to mothers who took it during pregnancy in the 1950s and 1960s, leading to severe birth defects.
Thalidomide regulates the immune response by suppressing a protein, tumor necrosis factor alpha.
Thalidomide leads to the forming of deformed and flipper like limbs in babies.
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The cast of Happy Birthday Thalidomide - 2004 includes: Mat Fraser