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noun - a sedative and hypnotic drug
THALIDOMIDE - Thalidomide, sold under the brand name Immunoprin, among others, is an immunomodulatory drug and the prototype of the thalidomide class of drugs. Tod...
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| Drug which caused birth defects |
| Drug that caused severe abnormalities |
| Drug that caused major deformities at birth |
| Drug that caused malformation |
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| Nov 3 2008 The Times - Concise |
| Jul 26 2008 The Guardian - Quick crossword |
| Jun 24 2006 The Guardian - Quick crossword |
| Jul 3 2004 The Times - Concise |
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| Linked to serious birth defects after its introduction in 1958, this sedative is now effectively used to treat leprosy |
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Thalidomide, sold under the brand name Immunoprin, among others, is an immunomodulatory drug and the prototype of the thalidomide class of drugs. Today, thalidomide is used mainly as a treatment of certain cancers (multiple myeloma) and of a complication of leprosy. * Thalidomide was first marketed in 1957 in West Germany under the trade name Contergan. The German drug company Chemie Grünenthal developed and sold the drug. Primarily prescribed as a sedative or hypnotic, thalidomide also claimed to cure "anxiety, insomnia, gastritis, and tension". Afterwards, it was used against nausea and to alleviate morning sickness in pregnant women. Thalidomide became an over-the-counter drug in West Germany on October 1, 1957. Shortly after the drug was sold in West Germany, between 5,000 and 7,000 infants were born with phocomelia (malformation of the limbs). Only 40% of these children survived. Throughout the world, about 10,000 cases were reported of infants with phocomelia due to thalidomide; on |