Immunomodulators(eg, azathioprine or Thalidomide) have been used in the past to treat photodermatoses;
such studies included the MIT and Fernald School radioisotope studies, the Thalidomide tragedy, the Willowbrook hepatitis study,
Infants whose mothers took Thalidomide had a range of structural and functional problems,
including misshapen ears and shortened limbs.
Thalidomide for morning sickness, after all, was approved by a government agency that by
its very nature could never go bankrupt.
Thalidomide had not been approved for use in the U.S. due to the concerns of an FDA reviewer, Frances Oldham Kelsey,
Known environmental factors include certain infections during pregnancy such as Rubella, drugs(alcohol, hydantoin,
lithium and Thalidomide) and maternal illness diabetes mellitus,
phenylketonuria, and systemic lupus erythematosus.
Thalidomide, which is currently used to treat certain cancers
and other serious conditions, was once sold as a treatment for morning sickness until it was discovered that it caused severe birth defects.
Thalidomide, for example, which
is used as a treatment of certain cancers and serious complications of leprosy, was once considered a treatment for morning sickness before it was discovered to cause birth defects.
When I tell him that many people may be shocked to hear Thalidomide is still being used he responds:"You
have the ghosts of Thalidomide in the 50s, but you should forget those ghosts.".
The history of science and medicine further demonstrates the fallibility of commonly accepted medical knowledge, such as when Bayer introduced heroin as a safe, non-addictive substitute for morphine,
or physicians prescribed Bendectin and Thalidomide to relieve nausea, only to
find these medications resulted in babies born with severe birth defects.