What is "bucetin"

n. A pharmaceutical drug that acts as an analgesic and antipyretic, withdrawn in the 1980s due to renal toxicity.

Bucetin ( INN, BAN) is an analgesic and antipyretic that is no longer marketed. Chemically, it is similar to phenacetin with which it shares the risk of carcinogenesis. Bucetin was withdrawn from use in 1986 due to renal toxicity.