Assertion: thalidomide | /r/HasProperty | useful
Facets:
value: for easing morning sickness
type: PURPOSE
value: in treating people
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Thalidomide was developed as a sleeping pill, but it was also thought to be useful for easing morning sickness in pregnant women.
text: Today it is a useful drug used in the treatment of some cancers and tropical diseases i.e. leprosy.
text: Thus it was proposed by the researchers at Chemie Grünenthal that thalidomide would be a useful sedative or hypnotic that did not carry the suicide risk of contemporary medicines.
text: Thalidomide, the drug so many people have heard of because of its association with causing birth defects, may be useful in treating people with severe Crohn's disease who have not responded to other treatments, according to two studies in the December issue of the journal Gastroenterology.
text: Thalidomide was developed as a sleeping pill, but it was also thought to be useful for easing morning sickness in pregnant women.
text: Thalidomide was useful in relieving morning sickness for pregnant women in the early 1960s.
text: Still, "it appears that thalidomide is useful when added to standard chemotherapy in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients," said Alan Kinniburgh, vice president of research at the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
text: Thalidomide was originally used as a sedative, and was later found to also be useful for treating severe morning sickness in the 1950s and 1960s.