Yes. It is also good for a form of leprosy. And yet it was illegal in the U.S. until recently, on the ridiculous theory that it might be accidentally prescribed to a pregnant woman in face of all the publicity about the tragic side effect. In fact, ever since the thalidomide tragedy was decisively publicized, there have been zero additional thalidomide babies, even though some countries, including Israel, never took it off the market but rather trusted the good sense of their nation's physicians. Here is a good link: