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Karen Lee Richards

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Will Methadone Be Next on the FDA's Hit List?

After the FDA's recent decision to pull Darvon and Darvocet off the market even though it has been used successfully for pain relief by millions of patients since 1957, I can't help but wonder what will be next. In his commentary on the Darvon (propoxyphene) decision, Dr. S.B. Leavitt of Pain-Topics.org suggested that it may be ... Read more Chevron

posted 11/29/2010, comments (6)|

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FDA Pulls Darvon and Darvocet From the Market

Last Friday the FDA announced that Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals had agreed to withdraw propoxyphene – better known by the brand names Darvon and Darvocet – from the U.S. market due to new data showing that the drug can cause serious toxicity to the heart, even when used at therapeutic doses. The FDA concluded that the safety risks of... Read more Chevron

posted 11/24/2010, comments (30)|

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Darvon and Darvocet will Stay on the Market

I know many of you who take Darvon or Darvocet have been concerned ever since the FDA announced that it was considering a Public Citizen petition to remove these and other drugs containing propoxyphene from the market due to the high risk of overdose in patients taking them. You'll be relieved to know that, for now at least, the FDA has... Read more Chevron

posted 07/08/2009, comments (7)|

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