Salicylamide (''o''-hydroxybenzamide or amide of salicyl) is a non-prescription

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with

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and antipyretic properties. Its medicinal uses are similar to those of aspirin. Salicylamide is used in combination with both aspirin and caffeine in the over-the-counter pain remedy PainAid. It was also an ingredient in the over-the-counter pain remedy

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but was removed from the formulation in 2009, and Excedrin used the ingredient from 1960 to 1980 in conjunction with aspirin,

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, and caffeine. It was used in later formulations of

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in Australia as a substitute for

phenacetin Phenacetin (acetophenetidin, ''N''-(4-ethoxyphenyl)acetamide) is a pain-relieving and fever-reducing drug, which was widely used following its introduction in 1887. It was withdrawn from medicinal use as dangerous from the 1970s (e.g., withdrawn ...

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of salicylamide include ethenzamide, labetalol,

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, lopirin, otilonium, oxyclozanide, salicylanilide, niclosamide, and raclopride.

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