09-12-2025, 06:30 PM
(09-12-2025, 05:09 PM)chr0naut Wrote: The majority of deaths due to the drug were from people comitting suicide.
Dextropropoxyphene Deaths: Coroner's Report
The is no indication that there was any danger for those who did not significantly exceed the prescribed dose.
This is the Wikipedia entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dextropropoxyphene
If you have proof that there were deaths of people who did not exceed the prescribed dose, please post it.
LMAO
Quote:The FDA made the move after new data showed that propoxyphene, the active ingredient in both Darvon and Darvocet, “puts patients at risk of potentially serious or even fatal heart rhythm abnormalities,” the agency said in a statement.
Darvon is the brand name for propoxyphene; Darvocet is a combination of propoxyphene and acetaminophen (Tylenol).
“These new heart data significantly alter propoxyphene’s risk-benefit profile. The drug’s effectiveness in reducing pain is no longer enough to outweigh the drug’s serious potential heart risks,” John Jenkins, director of the Office of New Drugs in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in a statement.
According to Public Citizen, a consumer group that has long advocated against the drug, about 120 million prescriptions for propoxyphene have been filled in the past five years.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/drug...rom-market
I'll bet you didn't know that every drug on the market can cause death when overdosing. I will also bet you didn't notice all those drugs are still on the market. Go figure.
In other words, if you are going to pull a drug from the market, because overdosing can cause death. Why do we still have drugs on the market, since they will all cause death if you overdose? Who would have thunk it?
