Thalidomide can be used in all of the following conditions EXCEPT?
Behcet syndrome
HIV associated peripheral neuropathy
HIV associated mouth ulcers
Erythema nodosum leprosum
Thalidomide(banned in 1960 for its teratogenic effect- phocomelia) has anxiolytic, antiemetic, adjuvant analgesic/antipyretic propeies and has been found to counteract cancer-associated cachexia. It probably acts by suppressing TNFcx and by modulating IL-2. It could cause peripheral neuropathy ESSENTIALS of MEDICAL PHARMACOLOGY SIXTH EDITION -KD TRIPATHI Page 835 T
Immunomodulators