The amount of warnings not to take while pregnant on this pack of thalidomide. (It's still useful for treating certain cancers)
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Thalidomide was first developed as a tranquilizer by Swiss pharmaceutical company Ciba in 1953. In 1954, Ciba abandoned the product, and it was acquired by German pharmaceutical company Chemie Grünenthal.[4] The company had been established by Hermann Wirtz Sr, a Nazi Party member, after World War II as a subsidiary of the family's Mäurer & Wirtz company. The company's initial aim was to develop antibiotics for which there was an urgent market need.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide_scandal
I start to think that those Nazi people made bad thing happening on earth
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I used to manipulate those at an old job. Even if they were packaged, I had to wear a mask and gloves every single time. They also made us read multiple articles with photos of terrible birth defects. They weren't fucking around.
What are the tins on the picture? Considering the capsules can't be too large for swallowing whole, the tins must be tiny. Yet contain 25 tablets? I'm confused.
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Three women were sitting down and knitting onesies talking about being pregnant for the first time. The first woman reaches down and takes a pill out of her purse and pops it in her mouth. The other women just stare at her. The first woman says "It's a calcium supplement, I want my baby to have strong bones." then she goes back to knitting.
The second woman reaches into her purse and grabs a pill and then pops that into her mouth. The other two women stop and stare at her. The second woman announces "It's vitamin e, I want my baby to have strong hair and good skin" The second woman then resumes her knitting.
The third woman then reaches into her purse and takes a pill and pops that one into her mouth. The other two women stop and stare at her. She says "it's thalidomide, I don't know how to knit sleeves."
They prescribed it for morning sickness
One of my childhood (maybe around 9?) memories is me sitting in a bus with my mom, and me noticing a woman a couple seats over. who basically just had hands attached to her shoulders. Almost no arms whatsoever
My mom noticed me staring and nudged me. Later she tried to explain why the woman looked like that
This drug is such a tragic medical story
If I ever sell birth-control pills they will come with this same package.
This is for Americans. Let that sink in. WE need these warnings...and a lot ( and I mean A LOT) won't see these warnings.
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It's still used for treating severe nausea in pregnant women, even. In life and death cases.
Pregnancy. Such fun.
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