The Nation - News from Aug. 1, 1985
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Heavy use or abuse of the painkiller phenacetin, once an active ingredient in many cough syrups and headache remedies, may cause bladder cancer, researchers warned the New England Journal of Medicine. The Food and Drug Administration banned phenacetin in non-prescription products two years ago. Drug companies began substituting other ingredients about 10 years ago after studies in Europe indicated that phenacetin might cause kidney damage.
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