Word: acetophenetidin
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Phenacetin -- the common term for the compound acetophenetidin -- is best known as the P in so-called APC pills, the now discontinued pick-me-ups that also contained aspirin and caffeine. Although phenacetin is still available primarily by prescription in some European nations, including Germany, Belgium and France, it has been banned in the U.S. since 1983 because of its suspected links to anemia and kidney disease...
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