wouldn't work these days, it's perfectly safe now
and not called thalidomide, unsurprisingly.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 16:45, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

if it doesn't do what thalidomide did, and it isn't called thalidomide anymore
then, just... oh fuck it
(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 16:48, Reply)

it does do what thalidomide was meant to do
which was treat morning sickness. Without boring you more than is strictly necessary (sorry) the original drug was a racemic mix, which is to say two compounds that are chemically identical in almost every single way but bend light different ways. The L-version was a great drug, the R-version caused genetic abnormalities. Back then we couldn't separate L and R and anyway had no idea that the R form was harmful. Now we do and we can and the L version is sold under a different name for morning sickness. Or at least it was for a while
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 16:51, Reply)

well why didn't you just say so

(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 16:54, Reply)