Definition of Phenacetin. Meaning of Phenacetin. Synonyms of Phenacetin

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Definition of Phenacetin

Phenacetin
Phenacetin Phe*nac"e*tin, Phenacetine Phe*nac"e*tine, n. [Phenyl + acetic + -in.] (Pharm.) A white, crystalline compound, C10H13O2N, used in medicine principally as an antipyretic.

Meaning of Phenacetin from wikipedia

- Phenacetin (acetophenetidin, N-(4-ethoxyphenyl)acetamide) is a pain-relieving and fever-reducing drug, which was widely used following its introduction...
- containing pyrithyldione and phenacetin, widely used remedies for fever and pain. It often contained aspirin, phenacetin and caffeine, but was reformulated...
- came in the form of APC (aspirin–phenacetin–caffeine) tablets or powder, containing 42% aspirin and 42% phenacetin plus caffeine. Bex was a product of...
- acetophenetidin (phenacetin) and was promoted as "aspirin-free relief," but was reformulated in the 1980s following the FDA's ruling to withdraw phenacetin from the...
- the kidneys caused by analgesic medications such as aspirin, bucetin, phenacetin, and paracetamol. The term usually refers to damage induced by excessive...
- or ibuprofen caffeine codeine or oxycodone paracetamol (acetaminophen) phenacetin There is evidence that a compound of two analgesics with different mechanism...
- Hospital, Sydney, took the headache remedy then in general use, composed of phenacetin and caffeine, and by experimenting with the addition of aspirin, arrived...
- bucetin and phenacetin and of the preservative ethoxyquin. It is also used as a chemical intermediate in the manufacture of bucetin, phenacetin, ethoxyquin...
- clinical results of paracetamol with phenacetin, another aniline derivative. Von Mering claimed that, unlike phenacetin, paracetamol had a slight tendency...
- phenazone was gradually replaced in common use by other medications including phenacetin (itself later withdrawn because of safety concerns), aspirin, paracetamol...