Word: phenacetin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Philadelphia's University of Pennsylvania Hospital report that as many as 5% of all instances of kidney failure in the U.S.-some 8,000 new cases a year-may be caused by common over-the-counter and prescription analgesics. The usual culprit: a mixture of aspirin and either phenacetin or acetaminophen, ingredients found in many well-known painkillers as well as the APC (aspirin-phenacetin-caffeine) tablets handed out wholesale by some military and industrial dispensaries...