SHAME OF THE SCIENCE WORLD
SHAME OF THE SCIENCE WORLD

Thalidomide is a type of medical research and drug, according to estimates from the 1950s-1960s. This research has been done in unethical ways. Doctors who wanted to find a vaccine against typhoid in Nazi Germany of the time infect innocent people in the concentration camp with typhoid to experiment. Then they experimented on them. Meanwhile, hundreds of people die in the gathering camp. Later, these doctors work at the pharmaceutical company Chemie Grünenthal, where they discover the Thalidomide component. The drug called contagion was produced with this substance, whose pharmacological effects were not fully known due to insufficient research.

This medication can activate or deactivate the immune system so it can be used for treatment. Later, the anti-vomiting and calming effects of this drug were discovered. Does it have a calming effect? Calming was the most needed for wartime effect. Therefore, many people used this drug. The antiemetic-anti-vomiting-effect was also a nice effect for pregnant women. One in seven Americans used it regularly, and the demand for thalidomide in European markets was much higher. This drug is the only non-barbiturate drug ever available. Barbiturate is the name for sedative drugs that cause serious side effects. For this reason, Thalidomide, which was first used in Germany, attracted great attention and was marketed in 46 countries in 1960. It was sold just like aspirin.

Australian obstetrician William McBride explained its antiemetic effect in 1960 and advised pregnant women to use this drug. Pregnant women also started taking this over-the-counter drug. But then things changed. The same obstetrician William McBride began associating thalidomide with a birth defect in 1961. A German newspaper said 161 babies were badly affected by thalidomide. People who used it started to experience muscle aches, weakness, and peripheral nervous system diseases. In late 1962, as miscarriages and birth defects increased, it began to be banned in all countries sold. But it was too late now. As we said earlier, thalidomide was widely available without a prescription. Meanwhile, the company that manufactured the drug has denied the reports that this drug is harmful. The company lied to all the doctors who said that this Thalidomide -containing drug was harmful. While the minor negligence caused the health of thousands of lives and even the existence of this company, this company was still saying that the medicine was healthy for the money. After an experiment on chickens, it is now revealed that the drug Thalidomide adversely affects bone development, preventing the embryo from forming blood vessels while developing. After that, the company resisted a little more, but finally, its production completely stopped.

Finally, he also does not allow the state that a simple drug Thalidomide Disasterhas two countries, the US and Turkey. Turkey is the only case where the non-visible country because in America, Dr. While Frances Kelsey does not allow legal permission, 2000 drugs are used under the name of my introduction sample. Therefore, many cases are observed in America. The order that the veterinarian in Turkey. Prof. Dr. Sureyya Tahsin Aygun in accordance with the Turkish Ministry of Health warns Turkey’s laws in this regard and these drugs are not used in any way. Therefore, due to thalidomide 90.000 deaths in the world and more than 100.000 birth defects found in Turkey have not been demonstrated in this case.
['Recep Suluker']
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