Oxyphenbutazone is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). It is a metabolite of

phenylbutazone Phenylbutazone, often referred to as "bute", is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) for the short-term treatment of pain and fever in animals. In the United States and United Kingdom, it is no longer approved for human use (except in th ...

. It was withdrawn from markets worldwide in mid-1980s due to bone marrow suppression and the risk of

Stevens–Johnson syndrome Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS) is a type of severe skin reaction. Together with toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) and Stevens–Johnson/toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS/TEN), it forms a spectrum of disease, with SJS being less severe. Erythema ...

. The word "oxyphenbutazone" is, theoretically, the highest-scoring word under American rules for

Scrabble ''Scrabble'' is a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles, each bearing a single letter, onto a game board divided into a 15×15 grid of squares. The tiles must form words that, in crossword fashion, read left t ...

, with a maximum possible score of 1,778 points.

References

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Pyrazolidindiones Phenols Withdrawn drugs {{musculoskeletal-drug-stub