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 denied the petition and decided to leave the drugs on the market with increased warning labels.

In their response to the petition, the FDA noted that despite...