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Thalidomide was never labelled as safe during pregnancy - I don’t think there is a single drug on the market that has ever been tested for safety in pregnancy.
by danieltillett 11y ago
Thalidomide was never labelled as safe during pregnancy - I don’t think there is a single drug on the market that has ever been tested for safety in pregnancy. The best you will get is category A which just says that studies have failed to demonstrate risk [1].
1. http://www.drugs.com/pregnancy-categories.html http://www.drugs.com/pregnancy-categories.html
- DanBC 11y agoThalidomide was used to treat morning sickness in pregnancy. That's as close to calling it safe for pregnancy as you can get.
- danieltillett 11y agoNo it is not. At the time there was no regulatory requirement to test in pregnancy. The only reason it never effected the USA is the FDA were (and are) so slow that the problem was found out before they got around to approving it. If the drug company had launched in the USA first the FDA would have allowed it to be sold. Interestingly it was tested in pregnant mice, but in mice it doesn't have the same effect as in humans.