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Categories: Drugs with unknown mechanisms of action, RTT, German inventions, Medical scandals, Leprosy
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thalidomide  (+-)-N-(2,6-dioxo-3-Piperidyl)phthalimide  (+-)-Thalidomide  (±)-N-(2,6-dioxo-3-piperidyl)phthalimide  (±)-thalidomide
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A sedative and hypnotic drug; withdrawn from sale after discovered to cause severe birth defects because it inhibits angiogenesis WordNet 3.0
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A sedative and hypnotic drug; withdrawn from sale after discovered to cause severe birth defects because it inhibits angiogenesis WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Thalidomide, sold under the brand names Contergan and Thalomid among others, is an oral medication used to treat a number of cancers, graft-versus-host disease, and many skin disorders. Wikipedia
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A drug sold during the late 1950s and early 1960s as a sleeping aid, and to pregnant women as an antiemetic to combat morning sickness and other symptoms, but withdrawn as causing severe birth defects, such as phocomelia; currently used to treat leprosy. Wiktionary
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