Assertion: thalidomide | /r/HasProperty | prescribed to pregnant women
Facets:
value: to help reduce morning sickness
type: PURPOSE
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: no longer
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the 1960s
type: TEMPORAL
value: between 1957
type: TEMPORAL
value: between 1962
type: TEMPORAL
value: for its benefits
type: PURPOSE
value: widely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Thalidomide had been prescribed to pregnant women to help reduce morning sickness, but tragically, it turned out to be toxic to developing fetuses.
text: Thalidomide was prescribed widely to pregnant women between 1957 and 1962 for its benefits in reducing morning sickness.
text: Thalidomide was prescribed to pregnant women in the 1960s before it was discovered that it caused serious birth defects such as missing limbs, internal organ damage, deafness and blindness.
text: Today, doctors understand that thalidomide can be used in certain medical cases but it is no longer prescribed to pregnant women due to the increased risk of miscarriage and deformed or missing limbs.
text: During the late 1950s and early 1960s, thalidomide was sold as a sedative in over 40 countries and was often prescribed to pregnant women as a treatment for morning sickness.