The Pulse -Thalidomide makes its comeback -21Jan08-Ep13-Pt 1

The Pulse looks at the controversial drug being used to treat blood cancers.

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[skinnychef]

leave it to the pharmaceutical companies to make people sicker and sicker. it is their fiscal agenda to keep us sick.

[CorbeauBlanc]

they need sth to live on too... :/

[Bamvizoolakaer]

@skinnychef Damn. Didn't even really think about it until you said it. Honestly, look at how the overuse of antibiotics are creating super bacteria, and what do the drug companies do? They make stronger, more expensive antibiotics. Thalidomide couldn't be a much more damaging drug and now it's making a resurgence. Damn right it's their fiscal agenda to keep us sick.

[crownsedge]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[HumanSayNo]

B17 IS THE CURE FOR CANCER!!!

[flook1e]

For your information. In England, Thalidomide is not prescribed unless it is absolutely needed for progressive cancer patients. It is a teratogen, and therefore produces the deformaties seen in newborns. It is recommended that no drugs are prescribed to pregnant women for morning sickness, however, promethazine can be prescribed.

[rj232222]

why take it in the first place,

can't the mothers bear few pain it better then looking at their children suffering from this disease.

[handyfeet75]

The Nazis have nothing to do with this. The drug was developed in the 1950's and marketed in Germany, the UK and other countries, and in fact Germany had the largest number of cases. These are people who are now in their late 40's or early 50's. Ironically, considering your anti-Bush comments, the US FDA never approved it, which is why there are so few American victims, other than a few in military families that were posted to Germany at the time.

[billjoe39]

Nazi Germany banned this drug, citing health concerns, and Britain, an unfettered capitalist country , approved its use- results all too clear in this video. This is what happens when pharmaceutical industries are allowed to peddle their pills on an unsuspecting nation ,minus government regulation. Bush's regime made it easier for the medical industrial complex to avoid accountability for any harm their drugs cause-the era of the Brownshirt has been succeeded by that of the white coat.

[DarkRain9000]

what the harm of using Thalidomide if it is strictly used for cancer patients? Just tell the patients not to get pregnant. No big deal.

[BernhardQuiel]

Super greetings from Germany