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From: dyer@endor.harvard.edu (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Aspirin vs. Codeine
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Date: Sun, 19-Oct-86 12:08:07 EDT
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Keywords: Empirin-3 Tylenol-3

Empirin Compound used to be APC (aspirin, phenacetin and caffeine), but when the
association of chronic phenacetin use with kidney damage was noted, it was
reformulated to contain only aspirin.  Tylenol is a tradename for acetaminophen.
Both drugs named "XXX w/codeine #3" contain 325mg of either aspirin or
acetaminophen combined with 30mg of codeine.  It's not hard to imagine
patients responding better to one or the other, although they are generally
thought to be equally effective when prescribed for acute pain.
/Steve Dyer
dyer@harvard.harvard.edu
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