PHENACETIN
\fˈɛnɐsˌɛtɪn], \fˈɛnɐsˌɛtɪn], \f_ˈɛ_n_ɐ_s_ˌɛ_t_ɪ_n]\
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A non-prostaglandin synthase inhibitor. It was utilized extensively in a wide variety of analgesic mixtures, but its causal role in analgesic-abuse nephropathy led to its withdrawal from the market. (From Smith and Reynard, Textbook of Pharmacology,1991, p431)
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An antipyretic and antirtheumatic crystalline remedy, C10H13NO2
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Percutaneous Atherectomy
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