IN JUNE 2009 I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND BEFORE I WAS DIAGNOSED I WAS HAVING BAD MIGRAINES THATS WHAT LEAD MY PCP REFERED ME TO SEE AND NEUROLOGIST AND THE NEUROLOGIST REFERED ME TO HAVE AN MRI AND FROM THE RESULTS ON THE MRI THE NEUROLOGIST WANTED ME TO HAVE A LUMBAR TEST WHICH CAME BACK I HAD MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND I STARTED ON AVENOX SHOTS ONCE A WEEK BUT I WAS STILL HAVING MIGRAINES SO MY PCP PRESCRIBE ME PROPOXYPHENE AND IT WAS TAKING AS NEEDED AND AFTER TAKING THIS MEDICATION I WOULD VOMIT SOMETIME HAVE IRREGULAR HEART BEATS BUT I NEVER THOUGHT ANYTHING OF IT,MY BOWELS WAS SO LOOSE FOR A LITTLE WHILE I HAD AND COLONOSCOPHY DONE I COULD STOP GONING TO THE BATHROOM IT LASTED A LITTLE WHILE AND THE DOCTOR SAID IT WAS HEMMROIDS I WOULD HAVE THE CHEST PAINS OFF AND ON WHEN I WOULD GO TO MY PCP AND THEY TAKE YOUE PRESSURE THEY HAD TOLD ME YOUR HEART IS BEATIN REAL FAST AND I RESPONSED I DONT KNOW WHY I ONLY WALK FROM THE WAITIN AREA INTO THE ROOM WHERE THEY TAKE YOUR PRESSURE AND I LEFT IT AT THAT I WISH I COULD HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS MEDICATION WHEN I CALLED TO GET MY MEDS REFILLED IN NOVEMBER THEY SAID IT WAS A RECALLED ON IT SO I CALLED MY PCP AND TOLD HER ABOUT IT AND WHEN I WENT TO MY APPOINTMENT SHE PRESCRIBED ME SOMETHING ELSE I THINK AS DOCTORS THEY SHOULD CHECK EVERYONE OUT THAT WAS TAKING THOSE MEDS TO SEE WHATS THE PROBLEM WHEN ITS A RECALL ON CARS AND TRUCKS THEY TELL THEM TO BRING THE VEHICLES IN TO GET CHECK SO THEY CAN CORRECT THE PROBLEMS DO THEY EVEN CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT IS SUFFERING FROM ALL THIS RECALLED MEDICINE.

I have been taking dorvocet since 1997 ,and not once have had a problem while taking it for 8 broken bones and a fractured hip in my left leg due to car accident.I took 3 ,sometimes 4 a day. I haven’t been taking it now for 4 months , by my own choice before all the news came out about it. I have high blood pressure, in the range of 145 over 98 ,my blood pressure medicine keeps it down. Lately I been getting a funny feeling in my chest like you feel your heartbeat faster ,sorta like a weird sudden light quick thumps against your chest, feels sorta real weird, then this darvocet crap came out, so I hope it hasn’t finally caught up to me . I don’t take pain meds now,just over the counter stuff. My blood pressure is worse and and I will be seeing my doctor about it.

Hi ..my name is Dawn and I used to take Darvocet for about 7 yrs starting back in 1992. My Dr. originally prescribed it to me for Migraines. I too also experienced Panic attacks while on this medication, but never gave it a thought that it could be the meds. What did happen was , I was having pain on my right side under my ribs and it was very sore. Dr. did an ultrasound on my gallbladder and liver and said that my liver had two large cysts and several small cysts in it. I did ask him if he thought it could be from the darvocet but he said that it was easier on the stomach than tylenol, so, I stayed on it. Then I was having more pain in my stomach and my left side of the abdomen, and Turned out I had diverticulitus. This is when I told Doc. that the darvocets weren’t working anymore and he prescribed me vicoden ES for pain. So, Now I have been on the vic’s for about 7-8 yrs. Finally had to get on suboxone to get off of those. Painkillers are terrible things to have to take on a daily basis. I hear Marijuana is very good at controlling chronic pain. and with no harmful side effects either. I say we vote for medical Marijuana!

I have taken Darvocet in the past and was told that I have congested heart fauler

I think I have finally figured out why I lost my Mom. She had many heart test not even a month before she died of a sudden heart attach. All the specialist say she had a very healthy heart for a women her age with her medical problems. If they knew about this as far as 1987 something should have been done about it. If it had I would still have my Mom! Anyone that complains about them taking it off thew market think about if it was your Mom!

Total bunk! Darvocet is a safe medication still needed by a lot of pain sufferersthese lawsuits are only hurting people who’ve depended on this medication for a long time.

I would also like to add that I have already experienced a blood clot in my left leg behind the knee thank god the doctor caught it and treated it quickly. That was several years ago age 56 when that happened, whats a person to do when thier life is threatened even the treatment for a blood clot (thrombosis) is extremely dangerous (deadly) if not diagnosed quickly. I just feel that I am to young to be experiencing these type of ailments….if it is due to something I am taking I should have the right to know and ask for a different treatment, and the pharmaceutical companies should be upright and truthful about medications on the market.

I am 59 yrs and have been taking darvocets for well over 25 yrs. I Have RHA at the time it was the only pain medicine that gave me relief little did I know the effects it would play on my memory. I have suffered enough with RHA for most of my life. At one point total incapacitated to a wheelchairI . Darvocet seemed to relief the pain better than anything else on the market. Recently I had gall bladder surgery and my surgeon told me to try to come off some of my medications. He felt that one of the meds was probably the cause of my short term memory loss, just didn’t know which one. I can relate to all the horrific stories of other darvocet users, as well as the doctors oversight or possibly not wanting to acknowlege the problem with my memory loss. When I heard the news about darvocet I was angry and a bit reliefed thinking and praying that possibly my memory would get better, I have just recently stopped taking the meds. I need my mind to function, I thought I was absoulutly going bonkers for the past 4 years and last year for me was the worst. I live with family and they have seen me go down hill and have been thier for me. I think it is wrong to dispense or withhold info from the public especially when it effects the quality of a persons life. Now I just have to wait and see if time and medical help from a doctor will help me recover from this nightmare! I was concidering going into a nursing home if this didn’t get better. Thanks for the news media I now see a way out and hopefully back to a normal life.

I am 28 yrs old. I took Darvocet for 7 years 120 per month from 2001-2008 for a bulging disc. While I was taking and since I have stopped taking Darvocet, I suffer from a very irregular heartbeat and very high blood pressure. At times I lay in bed and it feels like my heart is beating so hard and fast that I have fear of not waking up, its so bad. I know this is not normal and I am very concerned for my health. It feels as if my chest is going to explode. Im glad to not be taking it now, but I fear the damage is done.

my wife is on this med. Has anyone had a good outcome from a law suit. she does have a racey heart rate @ times and get over heated durng the nght and chest pains.

I AM ALLERGIC TO OVER 25 DIFFERENT PAIN MEDICATIONS AND ALL SSRI’S; I HAVE HAD 7-8 MINI STROKES; EXTREME HIGH LEVELS OF ANXIETY; DEPRESSION AND NOW HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE PLUS I HAVE SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS FROM THE FIRST MINI STROKE. I HAVE TAKEN DARVOCET N 100 FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS (NOT ON A REGULAR BASIS) BUT IT IS THE ONLY PAIN MEDICATON I CAN TAKE AND I TAKE IT GENERALLY FOR REALLY BAD HEADACHES. SO, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT DARVOCET N 100 HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH MY MINI STROKES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND PANIC ATTACKS?

I was on it for about 12 years, during this time and chest pains racing heart, arithmia ect…. Docs couldnt find reason, Now I know why, some days it was so bad Id jut sit in a chair, Im scared I hope it dosent cause permitient heart damage, Im 45 and Id like to live to see grandkids some day!!!

I was prescribed darvocet for nerve damage from a neck injury. After taking the medicine for over four months, i started getting an irregular heart beat that causes me to get flushed and have to take a deep breath. I went to a cardiologist and after having a heart monitor on for twenty four hours, he told me he saw an irregular heart beat and prescribed me metoprolol. I have tried to talk to a lawyer, but no one has contacted me. I have always been healthy my whole life and now i am afraid that darvocet has caused this heart problem for me and dont know if it will get worse.

started taken Darvoct when i came down with gout ! Doctors thought i broke a bone in my hand ! had taken them a week to find out what was wrong with me ! they put me on a stronger med at 1st , found out i could not work on the med’s they where giving me ! Darvocet was the only med that would let me do my job with out issues !

I have taken Darvacet for many years,more recentle Propoxyphene. I now have severe arrythmia. My doctor is running tests. I have had this at least 1 year but it would never show up on a stress test. I am now w earing a heart monitor. That is the only way to find these arrythmias. I recommend that anyone who has used these drugs,use a monitor

This lawsuit is absolutely ridiculous. I have been taking Darvocet for ten years for Fibromyalgia. I have never had a problem, but odf course I always take it with food and plenty of water, and I take it conservately. It is really the best medication for my pain, and it allows me to function normally. Now my doctor is having problems finding a pain killer that works for me and is not highly addictive. Furthermore, there are medications on the market that cause worse side effects, and even some that could be fatal. For instance, Sudafed is still on the market, which can cause someone with high blood pressure to have a stroke that is fatal. In addition, many medication can cause death if taken improperly or taken with meds or medical conditions that are containdicated. I vote to reinstate Darvocet and for laws against lawsuits that are conducted from greed.

My mom has been taking darvocet for years and years and has been hospitalized before for afib, now suddenly October 30th she went into cardiac arrest and is gone, for no reason we could find…. are you telling me the Darvocet may have been the reason? On a different note, my 20 year old daughter died from tampon related TSS, while using only regulars and changing as instructions say. It’s happening! Please use only 100% cotton tampons!

In response to Linda March 10????. I thought Nov 19th was the recall? I have been on Darvocet 12 years. OMG I have had yellowish skin, has anyone had thickening of the skin? I have black stools, hospitalized for stomach pain, Dr said it was blockage, did nothing. have had same pain about 50 times over the years, Am now having severe diarhea ( had only 4 left when pharmacy told me about recall ) Have had rapid heart rate for yrs, anxiety, have thought of killing myself so many times I can’t count. Was hospitalized once, in mental hospital because I grabbed all my pills, took my car and drove down a gravel road and was going to kill myself. I did this in front of my kids. I have ruptured discs in neck and back. Have taken as few as three a day, as many as 8 a day. sometimes I take antidepressants. sometimes I stop on my own. Of course Dr changes my meds so I won’t get addicted. I have been on them for a long time now. Went to my Doctor, he never listens to my heart, did that day, heart rate was rapid. He thinks the whole thing is nothing.

I too like the others have taken this drug for many years, 15 to be exact. In 15 years I have never has to increase my dose. Now what? Every other narcotic to help my arthritis has side effects. Like last night when I laid awake for 6 hours after taking Tramadol. Great. You know, I watched my husband who was only 57 years old slowly die from chronic pain. I watched him take everything you can imagine and nothing worked and his pain got worse because the pain meds destroyed the pain pleasure part of his brain (scientific fact) and the pain therefore got worse. I felt since I have had severe rheumatoid arthritis for 30 years I might be able to stretch my life out a bit more if I did not take heavier narcotics to help with aches. I used this drug at night to calm the aches and therefore go to sleep (no sleep, pain flares). As I said nothing else has worked without making me dopey, buzzy, sad, sick or lethargic the next day. The FDA needs to reverse its rule. There are lots of drugs that do worse. Everyone is not the same. They brought back Celebrex didn’t they? THAT had more issues! I wonder what drug company is fighting with whom to create this malicious misdirected decision.

I was prescribed Darvon in June 2010. I was having a stem cell transplant and also having migraines. I was made aware that Darvon would help them to manage the pain. After taking this for awhile I let them no that it was not helping at all. But yet I still took them without a change. Now I hear that so many people was taking this drug and it wasn’t helping them either.What are we to do? Although I had the transplant in July and was in remission for my cancer I recently found out that the cancer was back. After finding that out is when the nurse assistant told me that they were pulling Darvon from the shelf. Still the Dr. didn’t inform me. Any suggestions???

I have been taking darvocet for over a year due to back pain I have developed high blood pressure sharp chest pains and thoughts of suicide I dont know why Drs dont tell people about it

My doctor prescribed Darvocet four years ago for severe arthritis and degenerative disc disease. I was so happy that I could take a mild pain killer instead of percocet, and get some relief from the pain. About a month after I started taking it, I was having some very scary “spells” where I felt like I was going to pass out…..like all the energy was being suck out of me. It would take about a minute to recover from these events. I went to my primary doctor about this, and he recommended that I see the cardiologist in his practice. The heart doctor gave me a 24 hour heart monitor to wear at home. He told me that he picked up seven of these events. He told me that there was an electrical problem in my heart. He said that the primary pump would shut off, and the secondary would kick on….during that brief time is when I felt like I was going to pass out. He could not give me an explanation as to why this was happening. He put me on Bisopropalol (a beta blocker) and told me that it might help a little. Meanwhile, I continued to take my darvocet. Today, my husband went in to get my refill and they told him that darvocet has been recalled. Read what I found online today – which really explains what the darvocet did to my heart: “First, Darvocet is cardiotoxic when used as directed on the label. That means that when used as directed Darvocet causes chemical changes in the heart that affect its electrical system. These changes in the heart’s electrical system can cause heart arrythmias. In some cases these unnatural heart rhythms can cause ventricular fibrillation. This means that your heart stops pumping blood. This can and does frequently result in sudden cardiac death.” This has disrupted and impacted my life in a big way. I would like to look into a law suit against the pharmaceutical company for my pain and suffering.

Judi, Class-Action Bandwagon Eh? I was prescribed Darvocet for 18 years, was hospitalized three times First for atrial fibrillation, Second for liver failure then the best for last a disabling stroke that I’ve yet to afford to pay for the therapy for since I can’t work and Medicare doesn’t pay for it. I’ve still got a mortgage and all of the bills that accompany living. In the same manner that you would sue a drunk driver for smashing into your car leaving you crippled, if someone’s negligence is responsible for leaving folks like me in this shape they should use some of their profits made from sales of darvocet to fix me or any other person they did it to!

What does the FDA want – patients to take STRONGER medication for pain management? This is the BEST middle of the road medication out there for RH pain management. If you have heart problems dont take it. Leave the rest of us alone.

WELL, I HAVE BEEN ON DARVOCET FOR APPROX 14 YEARS NOW. I ONLY TOOK IT WHEN NEEDED AT FIRST, BUT I BEGAN TO NOT BE ABLE TO SLEEP BUT 2 OR 3 HOURS AT A TIME TO START, AND WHEN I BEGAN TAKING IT DAILY FOR CRONIC PAIN, I STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS THAT MY DOCTORS COULD ONLY CONTRIBUTE TO MY MUSCLE DISORDER, BECAUSE AT THAT TIME THERE WAS NO OTHER EXPLANATION. I HAVE HAD MIGRAINES SENCE 1983 AFTER A BACK INJURY IN THE ARMY, AND THE FIBROMYLGIA I’VE HAD FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS WHICH HAD STEMMED FROM THAT INJURY AND HAVING THE MIGRAINS 2 AND 3 TIMES A WEEK. I BEGAN SEEING A PAIN CONTROL DOCTOR AT THE VA, AND I WAS GIVEN 4 DARVOCET A DAY TO HELP WITH THE CONSTANT CRONIC PAIN. IT HELPED A GREAT DEAL, AND I NEVER BECAME ADDICTED TO THEM AT ANY POINT. I WAS ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT ANY WITHDRAWS AT ALL. I WOULD HAVE TO GO ON ANOTHER MEDICATION ABOUT EVERY 12 TO 14 MONTHS FOR 2 OR 3 MONTHS, BECAUSE THE DARVOCET WOULD NOT BE AS EFFECTIVE. THE PAIN WOULD NOT EVER GO AWAY COMPLETELY WHEN I TOOK IT, BUT IT WORKED ENOUGH TO TAKE THE EDGE OFF WITHOUT MAKING ME FEEL EUPHORIC, AND THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON THAT I PREFERED IT OVER MUCH STRONGER DRUGS FOR PAIN CONTROL. I BEGAN HAVING SOME MINOR CHEST PAIN AT TIMES, AND A LOT OF STOMACH PROBLEMS, AND THE MORE I TOOK IT THE MORE SLEEP I LOST, TO THE POINT OF BEING UP FOR 30 AND 40 HOURS AT A TIME, WHICH STARTED CAUSING SEVERE ANXIETY. I WAS SENT TO ANOTHER DOCTOR, AND WAS TOLD THAT I HAD BI-POLAR2, AND IT WAS A MANIC PHASE THAT I WAS GOING THROUGH. I BEGAN HAVING SOME MILDLY HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SOME YEARS BACK, AND MY HEART RATE WAS DROPPING INTO THE 50’s AND THEN OUT OF THE BLUE I HAD MY HEART SLOW TO 22 BEATS PER MINUTE, AND HAD TO HAVE A PACE MAKER PUT IN ON MAY 13th 2003. THE DOCTORS SAID THAT THE PACER IN MY HEART WENT OUT COMPLETELY. I WAS TOLD TO CONTINUE TO TAKE MY MEDS FOR THE PAIN, AND A FEW DAYS LATER I STARTED HAVING CHEST PAINS AND HAD MY FIRST ARTERIOGRAM, , AND A FEW OTHER TESTS, WHICH WERE ALL NORMAL. I CONTINUED TO TAKE MY MEDS LIKE AS I WAS TOLD, AND IN JULY OF 2008 I WAS HAVING THE CHEST PAIN AND TIGHTNESS IN MY CHEST, AND BECAUSE I HAD TO HAVE THE PACE MAKER I WAS PUT THROUGH MY SECOND ARTERIOGRAM, STRESS TEST AND MANY OTHER TESTS THAT ALL CAME BACK NORMAL. AT THE FIRST OF THIS YEAR MY HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE WENT OUT OF CONTROL TO THE POINT OF HAVING TO TAKE MY PRESSURE 4 TIMES A DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT’S NOT GOING TO CAUSE ME TO HAVE A STROKE. I HAVE HAD TO CHART ON MYSELF AS THOUGH I WAS A PATIENT IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 10 MONTHS NOW, SO THAT I CAN TAKE BLOOD PRESSURE MEDS TO BRING IT DOWN WHEN IT GETS TO HIGH. I WENT OFF OF THE DARVOCET A MONTH AGO, BECAUSE IT HAD STOPPED WORKING AS WELL, WHICH WAS A NORMAL THING TO DO FOR ME. THIS TIME I HAD NOTICED THAT I WAS SLEEPING A LITTLE BIT LONGER, NOT MUCH, BUT ENOUGH TO NOTICE A DIFFERENCE, AND I HAVEN’T HAD AS MANY OF THE RANDOM CHEST PAINS. I WAS WATCHING TV 3 NIGHTS AGO AND SAW THAT THEY HAD RECALLED “DARVOCET” AND AS I LOOKED INTO IT, IT ALL BEGAN TO MAKE SENCE. IT’S A BIT LATE FOR ME, AS I WILL NEED MY PACE MAKER CHANGED OUT FOR A NEW ONE, IN A YEAR OR SO, AND EVERY 8 YEARS OR SO FROM NOW ON, AND MY BLOOD PRESSURE REMAINS OUT OF CONTROL AT THIS POINT. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO WORK OUTSIDE OF THE HOME FOR MANY YEARS NOW, BECAUSE OF THESE PROBLEMS. SOME MAY THINK THAT WE ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE A BUCK, AS FOR MYSELF THIS DRUG HAS CAUSED ME PROBLEMS THAT EFFECT MY LIFE EVERY DAY, AND WILL FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. HAD I KNOWN THAT THIS DRUG WAS GOING TO CAUSE THESE PROBLEMS, I MOST CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE NOT TAKEN IT. WE ALL DO NOT FIT INTO THE MOLD THAT SOME OF YOU ABOVE HAVE PUT OUT THERE. I PRAY THAT IF YOU HAVE TAKEN THIS DRUG, AND YOU HAVE NO PROBLEMS AT THIS POINT, THAT YOU REMAIN HEALTHY. HAVE A BLESSED DAY!

I am mixed about this whole thing. I have been taking Darvocet for half my life due to TMJ, migraines and trigeminal neuralgia, however was never a daily user and would only take it when i was having severe pain, which was frequent. I am allergic to many drugs and this seemed to be the go to drug that was prescribed over the years. Over the years, I had what I was told were panic attacks, which seemed to be worse when I was on the Darvocet for more than a day at a time. Most recently, I had very severe chest pains and since I have a family history and in my 30’s my doctor sent me for a cardiac workup with no definitive answers and blamed it on inflammation of the cartlidge near the breastbone…yet this inflammation seems to be most prominent when I am taking the Darvocet. Thankfully I did not have to be weaned from the medication but my doctors are unsure of what to switch me to due to my allergies. On a good day I am in pain…on a bad day it is excrutiating. One thing I do disagree with is the FDA trying to replace darvocet with oycodone or one of its counterparts…are you kidding me!!! Are there not enough people in this country addicted to drugs?

I don’t know what I will do now that Darvocet has been pulled. I have severe arthritis and that has been the only thing that has kept me going. I had a hip replacement and that is the only thing I could take in the hospital. Soon after the surgery I was able to stop the medication. However, I now need the other hip replaced as well as having spinal stenosis. They now have me on Vicodin. I don’t like the way I feel and I have only taken 1 low dose. It took at least 2 hours for it to take affect. Everything including Tylenol destroys my stomach. Darvocet never did. I don’t think there is anything out there that will not be a problem to some who takes it!! Is there a another mild pain medication out there that we can take?? Probably not. They pull one only for the drug companies to push a new one that is stronger, more side effects and costs more and may not be covered under health insurance. Also my be addicting so there is a chance they can make even more money. The drug companies are out of control but that is nothing we all didn’t already know!!

I have been prescribed Darvocet alot and think the lord I’m still here. I have panic attacks So I cant tell if it was the Darvocet or a panic attack! Just think I could of had a heart problem thinking it was a panick attack and died! Plus my mom has heart problems and has been taking this drug untill nov 29th I told her to get rid of them last night!

I’ve been taking darvocet for pain management for at least 20 years with no adverse reactions, I take any where from 0-3 in a day for severe pain associated with arthritis. FDA claims there are other alternatives. NOT! I’ve tried other meds and they either put me in a fog or don’t work at all. I want it back on the market, I’d sign a waiver, it could be treated as a controlled substance….

I have an existing heart condition and I was prescribed Darvocet fo migraines. I hadn’t needed to go to the doctor for my heart condition for years and when I started taking Darvocet for migraines, the pain of my headaches went away but my chest pain returned x 10. I am no longer taking Darvocet of course but I am having chest pain and high blood pressure accompanied with numbness now.

I was first prescribed darvocet for migraine headaches in 1983. I soon began experiencing heart palpitations that were diagnosed as atrial fibrilation and prescribed inderal which seemed to help remedy them for a period of time. On 05-29-04 I suffered a major stroke. six years later I am still paralyzed and unable to work ssdi pays less than half of the salary I earned when working. Someone needs to be held liable for markrting a drug that would do this when I followed the prescribed dosage exactly as written on the label.

I am a pharmacist and I have two comments… 1) PLEASE be aware of the difference between ADDICTION and DEPENDENCE! Addiction is where you continually need to take more and more pills to relieve the pain whereas dependence is “I need this drug in order to function but I don’t take more of it than my doctor says to take…” There is a BIG difference! 2) Do NOT tell doctors or pharmacies that you are “ALLERGIC” to a medication “just because you don’t want to take it anymore”!! First of all, a TRUE allergic reaction is where you develop a rash on the upper trunk of the body or any symptom related to difficulty breathing… What most of you are describing is a “SENSITIVITY” to the medication! Nausea is NOT an allergy; vomiting is NOT an allergy; even itching is NOT an allergy! Codeine can cause itching in everyone but it is NOT considered an allergy – it is merely a SENSITIVITY or a SIDE EFFECT! Please be aware of the differences! Your incorrect use of terminology causes MANY issues with pharmacies trying to fill your prescriptions accurately… Most computers will cross-check a patient’s allergies with any new medication prescribed. I can’t tell you how many times there is a delay in filling a prescription due to what a patient ‘believes’ is an allergy to a medication! You want your prescription filled quickly and accurately? Give them the correct information.

I had been taking darvocet for 8 months for knee pain.About 2 months ago my heart rate would speed up for no reason.Just sitting around the house.Went to the heart doc they said i had a blockage.They did the cath thing and found nothing.2 days later ened up in the ER witha heart rate of 262 beats a minute.They said i had SVT.or bad electrical signal in my heart.Well went in for surgery 0n 11/5/2010.They found the bad electric signal and zapped it..Just think i could have died from taking that drug.Well now i kno what caused my problem..

A lot of people are getting on the “DARVOCET IS BAD” Bandwagon hoping to get a few bucks out of a law suit and ya’all are just lining the SHARKS pockets. The lawyers & lawfirms are “trolling” the new looking for any one they can get in hopes of class action suits. But I am left in a fix. I cannot take their new Zipsor drug (which is a miserable failure any way folks! And I am not going to go to morphine until the last minute I can’t stand it any longer and am ready just to end it all. I am allergic to codeine, yes even the synthetic! So I am in a pickle. If anyone knows of anything out there that is a reliable substitute please let me know. And Xanodyne SHAME ON YOU!!!! FDA SHAME ON YOU!!!! Big Brother taking over???? I would love to know who all is on this “panel” that is making these “suggestions” that you are caving into. Darvocet is NOT a dangerous medication. Morphine & NSAIDS are much more dangerous drugs! I cannot for the life me understand the American people falling for all this B.S. “Oh! They are saying Darvocet is a bad drug…those heart palpatations I had last month must be because I took a Darvocet….call the lawyer Myrtle!” Give me a break! How about a class action suit for the people like me who are left in the wake stream of all this “progress & advice from panels!

I have been on Darvocet for aprox. 15 years, for RSD, in the left side of my body, ON Oct. 10th of ths year I went into the emergency room thinking I was having a heart attack. I was their for 3 days my chest is still tight and my stomach still hurts , don’t know why my stomach hurts but it does I am only 50 years old and am to young to die ! From human error.

I was taking Darvocet at night for pain, I have been waiting a kidney transplant.I was called on 11/04/10 that a kidney match was found. But now I am on hold because of a sudden myocardio infarction ( mild heart attack) on 11/07/10. I feel it was due to the Darvocet because less than 6 months prior the cardiologist cleared me for the kidney transplant.

I have been taking Darvecet -n 100 for about 3 years only because i have severe cramps. I don’t have periods all the time but when I do they bring me to my knees. so a bottle will last me along time. I have noticed that sometimes I will be in bed trying to sleep and all the sudden I feel like I’m in such a deep sleep that it feels like my heart stops. So then I find myself shaking myself .But I never thought that it might be due to the pain meds I’ve been taking.

I think that it terrible that the FDA first pulled Cholchicine and then Darvocet off the market. I get gout and the only thing that did me any good was the cholchicine and I took Darvocet my my arthritis. Taking these two drugs off the market has left me in a terrible delima. I am having a bad gout attack now and can’t walk because it is in my feet. I have nothing to take for the pain except the last few Darvocet that I have left. I cannot afford the new Cholcrys which the FDA approves for gout. (the active ingredient is cholchicine!) And I am allergic to codeine so there is nothing out there to take for my arthritic pain (I have had 2 back surgeries) I think that it is awful that around 3,000 people have lost therir lives due to Darvoct (mostly over doeses and suicide I understand. But that is 3,000 out of over 22 MILLION people and that is since 1957! In 1996 I got Gullian Barre Syndrom and was told I was one of about 15 out of a million that came down with the syndrome so it was considered a RARE disorder! So what is 3,000 out of 22 million??? These (cholchicine & Darvocet are inexpensive drugs and I FIRMLY BELIEVE that this this is just a way for the FDA and pharmacutical house to rake in more money and they don’t carte about the difficutly this is causing the patients!!!

It’s very frustrating to see that darvocet has been a know health risk for so long yet doctors don’t hesitate to give it out. I appreciate the FDA for looking out for me and my family. I’m terrified about this drug causing me health issues down the road!

I HAVE TAKEN DAVOCET FOR BACK PAIN FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND I HAVE HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH BREATHING AND DEPRESSED ALL THE TIME OVER NOT BEING ABLE TO DO THE THINGS I’M USED TO DOING, AND IT HAS AFFECTED MY WORK, MY SLEEP TIME IS ALL MESSED UP .THEY HAVE TESTED ME FOR OTHER THINGS AND HAVE ME ON A CPAP TO SLEEP ,BUT IT DOSE NOT HELP ME WHEN I’M AWAKE AND TRYING TO WALK UP A HILL WITH MY GRANDBABIES,PLUS I HAVE A LOT OF HEARTBURN DURING THE DAY.

I have gotten chest pains since taking them also. It feel very sharp. It feels like it is going to kill me if I inhale or exhail. It comes on sudden and random and goes away just as quick. Doctors always shrug the question off when I ask them about it and say it’s probley gas. I think not! I am 28 I know what gas pains are, these are not. I got addicted to them also and got sick on them and thought I would die. It was the worst sickness ever. I threw up the lining in my stomach when there was nothing left. I couldnt leave the toilet for 2 days.

I have been using Darvocet for for 2 years now for pain from a back injury at work. I would take it at night mostly and was waking up with what the DR. thought were panic attacks. I had sever chest pain, shoulder and arm pain, arm and face numbness, sweats, nausea and heart palp./arythmia, that put me in the hospital. I have had to be on med. to slow and regulate my heart rate. The med. helped some but I still wake up with chest pain and racing heart in the midddle of the night. I would go through times when I wasn’t having the pains or racing heart beat and now I realize that was the days I hadn’t needed to taken the Darvocet. I’ve not taken it for a week now but I am afraid to quit taking the heart med. in case there has been a perm. change in my hearts ability to regulate itself. Does anyone know if there are lasting effects from the Davocet use???The fear of going to sleep the last 2 years has had a major impact on my life…That’s why I’m here typing at 4:30 am…

I have been on Darvocet for arthritic pain for 5 years. I take 120 a month. I have had extreme heart racing for approx. last 4 to 5 months. i thought i was just getting to hot at night. Allso have hurt and been sore on left side of chest. My dr.s have all of a sudden changed my medication but don’t seem to want to examine for damage. What if I have a heart attache? Apparently, them or the drug companies don’t care. i am very angry about this. I allso have had or wake up with headaches on left side of my head and am automatically sick and throwing up. Severe High Blood pressure. I don’t want to die. I’ve been taking more than normal, Tums 75’s for what I thought was heartburn and now I’m not sure? This is very scary. Allso to Tammy, i am so sorry for the loss of your daughter.

I have been taking Darvocet for almost 15 years for Fibromyalgia, Muscle Pain/Inflammation. I have quit several times to try alternatives, but none were effective in controlling my pain. Taking the Darvocet didn’t take away all of my pain, but it did take enough of it away that I am able to function from day to day. The recommended replacement for Darvocet by the FDA is insane-Oxycontin, Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Codiene, Percocet, Percodan-do these drugs not have side effects & are stronger opiods than Darvocet? Is there any drug out there the doesn’t have side effects? What is Public Citizen going after next since it took them almost 35 years to finally get their end result.

PAUL MY FATHER HAS BEEN ON DARVOCET FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS HE HAS HAD CHEST PAINS AND STOMAC HIS DOCTOR WAS TELLING HIM HE HAD ALSOR 4 YEARS LATER IT IS STOMAC CANCER STAGE 4 THEY TOOK HIS STOMAC OUT AND KNOW THEY SAY HE HAS SERVER LIVER DAMAGE AND GAVE HE TWO WEEKS TO LIVE WE HAVE HOSPICE IN HOME TAKING CARE OF HIM WITH US COME TO FIND OUT DARVOCET HAS KILLED HIS LIVER I JUST CANT BELEAVE I’M LOOSING MY FATHER FROM THIS CRAP HE IS A YUNG 70 YEAR OLD MY BEST FRIEND AND THE BEST DAD YOU COULD ASK FOR

I have been taking Darvocet for over 20 years. 20 years ago I developed cardiac arrhythmia . 5 days ago , 11-18-10 I had to be admitted to the hospital for Atrial Fibrillation, a serious heart rhythm problem…..what do you think??Have been healthy all my life till then.

I was taking darvocet for arthritis and suffered a near fatal heart attack.

My wife has been addicted to Darvocet since she was a teenager in the 1970’s and was prescribed it for stomach pain. Since that time, she has been experiencing severe bruising for no reason, severe depression, suicidal thoughts, and, in 1995 was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. I CLEARLY remember a doctor telling me that it was probably caused from the Darvocet she was ingesting for all those years. She was too addicted to Darvocet so she couldn’t stop. Just recently, my wife was told she has a “fatty liver”, whatever that means. I am so sad that I will loose my wife of 27 years of marriage. If anyone has developed a brain tumor after taking this horrible Darvocet medicine please let me know.

My daughter just passed away in April due to darvocet. She was a healthy 22 year old and only taking 1 tablet at night for a knee injury. It killed her after 7 days. We need to do all we can to get this off the market before more children are killed from this drug company. In my opinion it is still on the market because of the money it makes. This has been going on long enough and they knew what it was doing before my daughter was ever prescibed it. If we had known she would have never taken it. Why is the public in the dark about this and other drugs that are killing. Why does Great Britian who took it off in 2005 care more about their people than the United States cares about ours?

I was prescribed this medication when I was in my late teens when my wisdom teeth were removed. Twice, I was awoken from a deep sleep suddenly (this seemed to be the trigger) and had severe chest pain. The first time it happened I thought it was just a fluke, but my doctor switched me to darvocet (I was on Darvon at first). But the second time it happened, I thought I was going to die and couldn’t even get to the phone to dial 911 (this time I was on Darvocet). It finally passed, but I wouldn’t have been able to call 911 if it hadn’t stopped, I was in too much pain. I never took it again. I always list them as drugs that I am allergic to now.