Thalidomide...

Posted By: MTinIL on 2007-11-10
In Reply to: is anyone old enough to remember thalidomide? - of this drug yet.......and Texas making it...sm

I wasn't born until the 70s but I do remember hearing stories about it. My mom's a nurse. Isn't it scary that they will come out with something and turn around and try to make it mandatory without knowing it's full effects?

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Question about Gardasil-Do girls need a Pap and - pelvic exam before they get the shot?
- My daughter has had 2 out of the 3 - sm
- Gardasil.... - MTinIL
  - I probably would; I know too many people in this generation - sm
    - I understand.... - MTinIL
    - meant *my* generation...... - nm
  - I agree - they don't know the long-term ramifications - of this drug yet.......and Texas making it...sm
    - I know and.... - MTinIL
      - is anyone old enough to remember thalidomide? - of this drug yet.......and Texas making it...sm
        Thalidomide... - MTinIL
        yep very very scary - of this drug yet.......and Texas making it...sm
  - Why are you not going to give it to your daughter? - trose
    - Gardasil... - MtinIL
      - But, isn't it supposed to prevent a percentage of HPV which causes the cervical cancer, after - ann
        Pretty much.... - MTinIL
        I SO agree - not enough research done for them - for *them* to guarantee a thing....sm
        should have been.... - MTinIL
      - I remember that big long discussion - PAMT~MDM
      - Here's a link...... - MTinIL
        Thanks for the link. nm - trose
        Your welcome.... - MTinIL

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is anyone old enough to remember thalidomide?

Some of our mothers took this drug thalidomide in the 1950s and kids were born with shortened limbs as I remember (I worked with one of these offspring at a hospital in the 1980s and he told me his mother had taken thalidomide before he was born, when she was pregnant)......

They don't know enough about Giardisil YET to have made it MANDATORY...it's really nauseating to me.................thank goodness my daughter is 27 and doesn't fall into this MANDATORY category....

Y'all have a nice weekend!!

Thalidomide - good example
Thalidomide was developed as a sedative/hypnotic and multiple myeloma medication.

They found it was good as an aneti-emetic so pregnant women took it. One of my mom's friends had a thalidomide baby, born with only half of one arm. She has both extremities - but only half of one of the arms.

Very sad.