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Thalidamide for IPF-associated cough
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This small, randomised twelve-week crossover trial based at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, USA, assessed the efficacy of thalidomide versus placebo on cough in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). This drug when previously given as Contergan for hyperemesis gravidarum led to birth defects; however, it is now approved for the treatment of refractory multiple myeloma and …