 Acetaminophen
"Acetaminophen" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Analgesic antipyretic derivative of acetanilide. It has weak anti-inflammatory properties and is used as a common analgesic, but may cause liver, blood cell, and kidney damage.
| Descriptor ID |
D000082
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.199.092.040
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| Concept/Terms |
Acetaminophen- Acetaminophen
- Acetominophen
- APAP
- Hydroxyacetanilide
- Paracetamol
- N-Acetyl-p-aminophenol
- p-Acetamidophenol
- p-Hydroxyacetanilide
- Acetamidophenol
- N-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)acetanilide
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Acetaminophen" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Acetaminophen" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Acetaminophen" by people in Profiles.
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Curhan SG, Shargorodsky J, Eavey R, Curhan GC. Analgesic use and the risk of hearing loss in women. Am J Epidemiol. 2012 Sep 15; 176(6):544-54.
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Rosenbaum CD, Boyle KL, Boyer EW. Nasopharyngeal necrosis after chronic opioid (oxycodone/acetaminophen) insufflation. J Med Toxicol. 2012 Jun; 8(2):240-1.
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Hoque R, Sohail MA, Salhanick S, Malik AF, Ghani A, Robson SC, Mehal WZ. P2X7 receptor-mediated purinergic signaling promotes liver injury in acetaminophen hepatotoxicity in mice. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2012 May 15; 302(10):G1171-9.
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Hur KY, So JS, Ruda V, Frank-Kamenetsky M, Fitzgerald K, Koteliansky V, Iwawaki T, Glimcher LH, Lee AH. IRE1a activation protects mice against acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity. J Exp Med. 2012 Feb 13; 209(2):307-18.
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Patel SJ, Milwid JM, King KR, Bohr S, Iracheta-Velle A, Li M, Vitalo A, Parekkadan B, Jindal R, Yarmush ML. Gap junction inhibition prevents drug-induced liver toxicity and fulminant hepatic failure. Nat Biotechnol. 2012 Feb; 30(2):179-83.
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Simon HB. On call. I was very interested in your October 2011 article on aspirin and cancer. You commented that aspirin may help prevent cancer, but I can't take aspirin, even in low doses. I use Tylenol for pain and fever--can it also help against cancer? Harv Mens Health Watch. 2011 Dec; 16(5):8.
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Jedrychowski W, Spengler JD, Maugeri U, Miller RL, Budzyn-Mrozek D, Perzanowski M, Flak E, Mroz E, Majewska R, Kaim I, Perera F. Effect of prenatal exposure to fine particulate matter and intake of Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) in pregnancy on eczema occurrence in early childhood. Sci Total Environ. 2011 Nov 15; 409(24):5205-9.
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Cho E, Curhan G, Hankinson SE, Kantoff P, Atkins MB, Stampfer M, Choueiri TK. Prospective evaluation of analgesic use and risk of renal cell cancer. Arch Intern Med. 2011 Sep 12; 171(16):1487-93.
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Paul M, Michael SG, John S, Lenox RJ. An atypical presentation of neuroleptic malignant syndrome: diagnostic dilemma in a critical care setting. Respir Care. 2012 Feb; 57(2):315-7.
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Silberman DM, Mostoslavsky R. SIRT3 deacetylase: the Jekyll and Hyde sirtuin. EMBO Rep. 2011 Aug; 12(8):746-7.
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