ACETANILIDUM

ACETANILIDUM Antifebrinum

Depresses heart, respiration and blood pressure, lowers temperature. Cyanosis and collapse. Increased susceptibility to cold. Destroys red blood corpuscles; pallor.

Enlarged sensation. Fainting. Moral depravity.

Pallor of optic discs, contracted visual field and shrinking retinal vessel; mydriasis.

Weak, irregular, with blue mucous membranes, albuminuria, oedema of feet and ankles.

Compare: Antipyrin.

Used as a sedative and antipyretic for various forms of headache and neuralgia in doses of one to three grains. For the homeopathic indications use the third potency.