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In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration ordered the withdrawal of drugs containing phenacetin in November 1983, due to its carcinogenic and kidney-damaging properties. [8] It was also banned in India. [9]
Compound analgesics were banned in Australia in 1979 due to analgesic nephropathy. [8] Phenacetin, a pain-relieving and fever-reducing drug, was banned by the FDA in the US in 1983, due to its adverse effects, which include kidney damage (as shown by Dr. Priscilla Kincaid-Smith ) [ 9 ] [ 10 ] and cancer. [ 11 ]
Trademarked in 1918, Anacin is one of the oldest brands of pain relievers in the United States. It originally contained acetophenetidin (phenacetin) and was promoted as "aspirin-free relief," but was reformulated in the 1980s following the FDA's ruling to withdraw phenacetin from the market in 1983 due to concerns over its carcinogenic ...
Two Indian chemical companies have been indicted for allegedly importing ingredients for the highly addictive opioid fentanyl into the United States and Mexico, the U.S. Department of Justice said ...
With further reports of the increased risk of kidney injury with prolonged and excessive phenacetin use, however, phenacetin was banned in several countries between the 1960s and 1980s. [20] As the use of phenacetin declined, so too did the prevalence of analgesic nephropathy as a cause of end-stage kidney disease.
Two carcinogenic chemicals used in cleaning products and other common household goods have been banned in the U.S., the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in a Dec. 9 press release.
The FDA has banned Red Dye No. 3 dye from food and ingested drug products. ... in 1990, the dye was prohibited in cosmetic products and topical drugs under the Delaney Clause, due to evidence ...
France, US Neuropsychiatric reaction. [3] Dimethylamylamine (DMAA) 1983 US Voluntarily withdrawn from market by Lily. [17]: 12 Reintroduced as a dietary supplement in 2006; [17]: 13 in 2013 the FDA started work to ban it due to cardiovascular problems [18] Dinoprostone: 1990 UK Uterine hypotonus, fetal distress. [3] Dipyrone 1975