Dear readers: As I have pointed out before in this column, evidence suggests that pain medicines containing phenacetin may increase the risk for chronic kidney problems, as well as for kidney cancer.

Dublin, Nov. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Phenacetin (CAS 62-44-2) Industry Research 2025: Global and Regional Market Trends 2019-2024 and Forecast to 2029" report has been added to ...

To the Editor: In their paper, "Splenomegaly, Analgesic Ingestion and Renal Disease," (New Eng. J. Med. 277:749–751, 1967) Drs. Fordham and Huffines speculate about the possible causes of enlargement ...

A harmful banned painkiller has been found in cocaine samples tested on the Gold Coast. Phenacetin was banned in Australia decades ago because of links to renal disease and cancer in long-term users.

A chilling warning been issued about cocaine that may be circulating in Australia ahead of Christmas - with police finding hauls that have been cut with drugs dangerous to humans. The Australian ...

DURING the past ten years many reports have appeared describing the association of chronic interstitial nephritis and renal papillary necrosis with chronic ingestion of phenacetin-containing analgesic ...

CheQpoint Drug Checking Service detected phenacetin, a pain-relief and fever-reducing drug, in two samples of cocaine at its Burleigh Heads site on August 1. It comes only a month after the pill and ...