European drug regulators say the painkiller Darvocet (dextropropoxyphene, propoxyphene) should be pulled off the market because patients using the drug have been dying from overdoses. The pain med was first introduced in the United States in 1957 and sold under the name Darvon. Since then, it has been prescribed in both the United States and overseas for mild to moderate pain. But European regulators say a "significant" number of people in Europe have died from either accidental or intentional...
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Drugmaker Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals has voluntarily pulled the opioid-based painkillers Darvon and Darvocet from the U.S. market after the drugs were... Read more »
An expert panel that advises the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended that the painkiller Darvon be banned in the United States.... Read more »
Source: First DataBank
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