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Phenacetine, Phenacetin  n.  (Pharm.) A white, crystalline compound, C10H13O2N, once used in medicine principally as an antipyretic. It is now seldom used because of serious side effects.
Synonyms: N-(4-ethoxyphenyl)acetamide, p-acetophenetidide, p-ethoxyacetanilide, acetophenetidin, para-acetphenetidin, p-acetophenetide.





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... deadening the pain and not removing the cause, so the pain is liable to return. Most of the remedies taken for headache contain some harmful drug. If you look carefully at the label, you usually will find that they contain morphine, phenacetin, or acetanilid, which are very depressing to the heart. Pain is the cry of tortured nerves, so if one suffers from headaches or backaches, she should not take any of these harmful drugs, but should hunt for the cause of ...
— Confidences - Talks With a Young Girl Concerning Herself • Edith B. Lowry


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