antipyrine
[an″te-, an″ti-pi´rēn] a compound formerly used as an analgesic and antipyretic, now replaced by safer and more effective agents. Its current uses are as a component of multi-ingredient ear drop solutions and complexed with
chloral hydrate in
dichloralphenazone, a
sedative and
hypnotic used for headaches. Called also
phenazone.
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an·ti·py·rine
(an'tē-pī'rin), An analgesic and antipyretic, no longer used systemically because of the risk of agranulocytosis. It is still used topically as an analgesic in acute otitis media and to loosen cerumen from the external auditory canal and as an analgesic following removal of cerumen.
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an·ti·py·rine
(an'tē-pī'rin) An analgesic and antipyretic, used topically as an analgesic in acute otitis media and to loosen cerumen from the external auditory canal.
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