Thought that you might be interested in this post posted to the
MS newsgroup.
In July 1961 Dr Kersten Thiele, a Dusseldorf minister, was paid around
one hundred and fifty pounds. This was because Thalidomide caused
"had" caused nerve damage.
If you take this drug how could you prove in a court that the cause
of any damage wasn't your MS?
This drug should NOT still be on the market, if America hadn't been
so cautious an estimated 10,000 children would have been born
deformed. Possibly double that would have died. Do you think
that 30,000 damaged and dead children would have made a
difference to whether this drug would be used today? I personally
think that it would !
Out of respect for the people this drug damaged, and the intelligence
of people with MS and autoimmune immune disorders that include
nerve damage, this drug should be stopped in its tracks.
* The passing of 37 years does not make it right today. Todays
sales men and scientists play the same selling game ! *
Before you jump on this post think about this, you still don't
know the reason Thalidomide did what it did !
Carol T