Thalidomicde, a nonbarbiturate sedative drug given to pregnant women, was withdrawn in 1961 because it resulted in phocomelia or:

Options

A. Early abortion of foetus
B. Poor development of foetus
C. Malformation of foetus
D. Erythroblastosis fetalis

Answer

C

Explanation

Thalidomide is a sedative that used to be prescribed to treat anxiety, tension and insomnia. However it was found that it causes deformity in children born to mothers who took the drug and it was withdrawn in the UK during the early 1960s.