print email comment close Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR): Thalidomide URL: http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/common/thalidomide.html Description: "In the 1960s the drug thalidomide was used by some pregnant women in Europe and Canada to treat morning sickness. Women who took the drug in early pregnancy gave birth to children with severe birth defects such as missing or shortened limbs." This article provides history of the drug and links to information about government regulations related to thalidomide. From the National Toxicology Program, National Institutes of Health. Publisher: Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR), National Institutes of Health Extra Keywords teratogens Library of Congress Subject Headings: Drugs -- Side effects Thalidomide LII Database Information: Record 15618 created by Jennifer English on 06/27/2005 Last modification on 07/07/2006 Published: 08/01/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/15618