US News and World Report - Health Buzz: FDA Pulls Painkillers Darvon and Darvocet From Market

Posted: November 23, 2010 / Source: US News and World Report

US News and World Report - Health Buzz: FDA Pulls Painkillers Darvon and Darvocet From Market

Painkillers Darvon and Darvocet will be pulled from the market in light of new research linking the drug's active ingredient, propoxyphene, to serious—even fatal—heart rhythm problems, the Los Angeles Times reports. Doctors should stop prescribing the drugs, both of which are made by Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals.

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