No. It was a drug given to pregnant women to remove morning sickness. She said her doctor tried to get her to take it when she was pregnant in the 1960's, but she refused. The women who took it gave birth to terribly deformed babies - hands developed out of the shoulder. They were referred to as Thalidomide Babies (that's the drug's name) https://patriots.win/p/140JAkSuqw/thalidomide-/c/