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Feet of a baby born to a mother who had taken thalidomide while pregnant. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the use of thalidomide in 46 countries was prescribed to women who were pregnant or who subsequently became pregnant, and consequently resulted in the "biggest anthropogenic medical disaster ever," with more than 10,000 children born with a range of severe deformities, such as ...
Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey CM (née Oldham; July 24, 1914 – August 7, 2015) was a Canadian-American [1] pharmacologist and physician. As a reviewer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), she refused to authorize thalidomide for market because she had concerns about the lack of evidence regarding the drug's safety. [2]
For Risperdal the risks were substantial. Even in the earliest trials, the data showed significant rates of side effects. These included involuntary twitches, somnolence, diabetes and, most frequently, significant weight gain. In the elderly there was a particularly high risk of strokes and other heart-related diseases.
Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims is a nonfiction book authored by Jennifer Vanderbes and published by Random House in 2023. It tells the story of how Frances Oldham Kelsey of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found flaws in thalidomide research.
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[17]: 12 Reintroduced as a dietary supplement in 2006; [17]: 13 in 2013 the FDA started work to ban it due to cardiovascular problems [18] Dinoprostone: 1990 UK Uterine hypotonus, fetal distress. [3] Dipyrone 1975 UK, US, Others Agranulocytosis, anaphylactic reactions. [3] Dithiazanine iodide: 1964 France, US
In a downtown Miami tower, 27 researchers peer into microscopes, take specimens from refrigerators, and drop liquid into test tubes in their daily search for a cure for diabetes.