This sleeping pill got banned in the past but has been found to be a potential form of treatment for cancer.
What is the pharmaceutical name of this drug and why was it initially banned?
submitted by: Slevi
ANSWER: Thalidomide
10 October, 2007
(59) A Sleeping Pill Which Takes On Cancer
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Are you talking about Melatonin? The "banned" part of the question threw me since I didn't know of any ban in the US. It may be banned elsewhere though.
Thats my guess though: Melatonin
A relative of ours works for Amgen and knows all this stuff. We asked and she came back with thalidomide and it was banned because it caused birth defects.
She also mentioned that in 1962 the FDA required all drugs to undergo gestational testing as a result of the banning of thalidomide.
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