phenacetin

[ fuh-nas-i-tin ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Pharmacology.

a white, slightly water-soluble, crystalline solid, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 2 , used in medicine chiefly as an agent for checking or preventing fever or for relieving pain: withdrawn because of unfavorable side effects.

phenacetin

/ fɪˈnæsɪtɪn /

a white crystalline solid formerly used in medicine to relieve pain and fever. Because of its kidney toxicity it has been superseded by paracetamol. Formula: CH 3 CONHC 6 H 4 OC 2 H 5 Also calledacetophenetidin

First recorded in 1885–90; phen(etidine) + acet(yl) + -in ²

C19: from phenetidine + acetyl + -in

Phenacetin is about as cheap as acetanilid; the patent has just expired and consequently we can get it at a low price.

More effective than antipyrin, acetanilid, phenacetin or similar pain-relieving products.

It is on the market now under both names, phenacetin and acetphenetidin.

Until six years ago the chemical product known as phenacetin was patented both as to process and to product.

It might be added that the preparation is official in most foreign pharmacopeias under the name phenacetin.

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