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Metabolites[edit]

propyphenazone is NOT a metabolite of phenacetine!

Exactly. Paracetamol is, propyphenazone not. I thus change the sentence.--84.163.119.98 01:40, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Phenacetin an NSAID?[edit]

Phenacetin was not the first NSAID, because phenacetin is not an NSAID at all. It is an antipyretic analgesic, much like paracetamol/acetaminophen. NSAIDs are Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, thus they must have a primar antiinflammatory effect. Phenacetine, paracetamol and phenazone derivatives don't, although they are frequently incorrectly merged together with NSAIDs; these are antipyretic analgesics. The first NSAID used was sodium salicylate, followed by Aspirin.--84.163.119.98 01:46, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alzheimer's Disease[edit]

According to a NIH-published study, this drug may have caused the Alzheimer epidemic: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3921468/ --X883 (talk) 23:15, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

References[edit]

Reference 1 is completely unrelated to the article??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Starreactor (talk • contribs) 00:01, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]