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This is news to me, which should be a decent indication that I am not currently a junkie.
Darvocet/Darvon/propoxyphene were apparently removed from the market via a voluntary recall by the manufacturer. There was some correlation (or at least a lawsuit alluding to a correlation) of taking propoxyphene and heart attacks. This drug's been on the market, in one form or another, for over 50 years. Why did they just determine in 2007 this alleged correlation?
My dilemma is that hydrocodone & oxycodone do nothing for me as far as pain goes. In fact, hydrocodone seems to intensify pain. I'm allergic to codeine... and as a result, when it comes to surgery, Darvocet has been the only prescription-level painkiller that's worked on the resulting pain (not to mention the only other one I've taken).
I guess I better hope my hysterectomy doesn't hurt, because it looks like I'll be doing it unaided by chemistry.
Darvocet/Darvon/propoxyphene were apparently removed from the market via a voluntary recall by the manufacturer. There was some correlation (or at least a lawsuit alluding to a correlation) of taking propoxyphene and heart attacks. This drug's been on the market, in one form or another, for over 50 years. Why did they just determine in 2007 this alleged correlation?
My dilemma is that hydrocodone & oxycodone do nothing for me as far as pain goes. In fact, hydrocodone seems to intensify pain. I'm allergic to codeine... and as a result, when it comes to surgery, Darvocet has been the only prescription-level painkiller that's worked on the resulting pain (not to mention the only other one I've taken).
I guess I better hope my hysterectomy doesn't hurt, because it looks like I'll be doing it unaided by chemistry.
