In this article, Brodie and Axelrod demonstrated that acetanilide, the primary ingredient in several headache remedies, contributed to the development of the non-lethal blood condition methomoglobinemia. They suggested that drug manufacturers replace acetanilide with acetaminophen.
Number of Image Pages:
10 (1,037,109 Bytes)
Date:
1948
Creator:
Brodie, Bernard B.
Axelrod, Julius
Source:
Periodical: Brodie, Bernard B., and Julius Axelrod. "The Fate of Acetanilide in Man." Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 94, (1948): 29-38. Article. 10 Images.
Publisher:
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Rights:
Reproduced with permission of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
