So my pharmacist informed me my refill can no longer be filled they \\\\\\\”NO LONGER MAKE THE DRUG DARVOCET\\\\\\\”. So now what am I supposed to do ? Any lawyers gonna take on big brother? This is ridiculous to make people take harsher drugs with greater risk & side effects to make a dollar. Great work now the millions on this med get to face PAIN AGAIN THANKS A LOT FDA!!!!! Take it to Facebook & other social networking sites bring awareness to this issue before they recall milk due to risk of weight gain ..or water due to overdose / risk of death for drinking too much at once ……. LET THE DOCTORS & PATIENTS DECIDE CARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My husband called in his prescription for Dorvocet today and the pharmacy called and said that Dorvocet and all generics have been recalled. YOU CANNOT GET DORVOCET FILLED EVEN WITH A PRESCRIPTION. There is a recall contrary to what some people are saying. My husband lives with chronic knee paid and has been told he is “too young” to have a knee replacement. He has to wait until he is 60. He has been taking the Dorvocet for over 10 years so he can work. I have no idea what is going to happen now.

i say take the lawyers and all who wish to remove this product from the market and flog them. like many others i have taken darvocet for years for arthitis and minor deg disk disorder, everything else ive tried narcotic turns me into a zombie-non narcotic meds are a joke. i have a good idea why dont we send a lawyer or all who want this product removed to a foreign country on a one for one swap. they send us a product we send them a lawyer or a liberal.

Why can’t we sign a waiver with the drug companies and doctors saying we want to use the drug and if anything happens they will not be held responsible? We can sign waivers for everything else, we should be allowed to decide for ourselves. I just found out an hour ago when I called in my refill and I cried. I can’t take any kind of anti-inflamatory, my stomach burns for days. I’ve been on Darvocet for 14 years and my mother 20, she is now 78. We have both had check ups and our hearts are fine. I’m sorry for anyone who lost someone to this drug but what are we supposed to do now got to Vicodin, which works great for an hour. I’ve been on every other strong pain pill, and nothing has ever lasted longer, the stronger pills are too addicting and I can see why! Lets start pushing for a waiver I don’t want to go on the stronger medications when this worked the best.

I am 57, I’ve been disabled for 5 years now, & I have so many health issues, I take many meds & I’m on oxygen when I need it. WHY should I have to give up my Darvocette, which works very well for me, & it goes with my other meds successfully? It doesn’t take all the pain away, but it brings it down to where I can bear it!! Take it away from the people who are ABUSING IT, NOT THE REST OF US!!! My ex fractured the L side of my neck one night, as I slept, because my snoring was bothering him. When it healed, it left a calcium deposit pressing on a nerve. I have neck, back, shoulder, & arm pain!! I have also had heart & lung problems for YEARS, & Darvocette was the only med that worked for me!! I never had heart damage from Darvocette, because I DON’T ABUSE IT!!!! I am SO UPSET OVER THIS–I don’t want to go through life wearing a tens machine all day, like I used to, to send electric pulses to the area to stop the pain!! This should be left to the discretion of the doctor & the patient!! I am DAMN MAD ABOUT THIS!!!

I received a notice today from “Express-Scripts” today. My wife and I have been taking this medication for at least eight years. It works. We do NOT overdose. 22,000,000 users and 3,000 deaths mostly from Suicides? Come on. Something at the FDA is screwy. People that want to end their lives certainly have many choices. Why pick on this particular drug? This seems very fishy to me. I now wondering just what my doctor is going to advise me to take for my arthritis and knee and back pain. Just a few months ago, Quinine was taken away from the authorized drug list. What next. This smacks of “Big Brother” tactics!

I HAVE BEEN TAKING DARVOCET FOR 10 YEARS. I CAN NOT TAKE ANY THING STRONGER, I HAVE ALL KINDS OF SIDE EFFECTS. HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY & DARVOCET WAS ALL I COULD TAKE EVERY 4 TO 6 HOURS, I DO NOT SLEEP GOOD AT NIGHT & MY DR, GIVES ME DARVOCET. I TAKE 1 AT BED TIME. I HAVE RA IN MY HANDS & FEET. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS OFF OF THE MARKET. OVER THE COUNTER MEDICINES DO NOT HELP. I AM 70 YEARS OLD..

I have arthritis and severe headaches. I can not take anything stronger than darvocet due to the fact that all such pain killers make me sick. Nothing less than darvocet provides any relief. I might as well drink water for pain. I have been taking darvocet for many years with no ill effects. My Prescription source has advised me they will no longer stock darvocet. Without darvocet, I am forced ito endure headache and bone pain. I think this is Governtment run amuck forced by greedy money hungry lawsuite happy law firms.

I have DJD and severe headaches and been disable since 2000. I have been on darvocet for over 20 years for back pains and never had any side affects from this drug and if you take like the doctor tells you neither should anyone else. I have tried so many other meds they all made them so sick and this one is the only one that has no side affects and it works. I think they made a mistake taking this drug off the market. They need to rethink this because there are millions of us who have a hard functioning without pain. Now that we have to go thru and fine another drug to see if they can find another one that will help us. So please rethink your decision for millions of us who need this drug for the pain we go thru everyday and are willing to take the riisk. I don’t like to take strong drugs and this was the best drug for me now I have to go to a drug that is more addicing and I am not to happy about this.

I ALSO HAVE BEEN ON VARIOUS DIFFERENT PAIN MEDS, I AM ALLERGIC TO JUST ABOUT EVERY THING OUT THERE FOR PAIN. I USE TO TAKE VIOX IT GOT TAKEN OFF THE MARKET ALSO. TO ME IT WAS A WOUNDER DRUG. I GUESS IT IS HARD FOR SOME PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND IF THEY DONT LIVE IN PAIN EVERY DAY AND CANT DO EASY TASKS SUCH AS FIXING DINNER, DOING DISHES WITHOUT BEING IN SO MUCH PAIN THAT U CANT EVEN COMPLETE THE TASK, PEOPLE ARE OVERDOSING ON OXYS AND OTHER DIFFERENT MORE ADDICTIVE DRUGS AND THEY HAVENT TOOK THEM OFF THE MARKET, TAKING THE DARVON OR DARVOCET OFF THE MARKET JUST GIVES MORE ROOM TO DISTRIBUTE THE STRONGER MORE ADDICTING DRUGS TO PEOPLE OUT THERE.. DO THEY STOP TO WEIGH THE EFFECTS THAT IT HAS ON PEOPLE. THEY WANT THE PEOPLE TO THINK THAT OPIATS HAVE MORE PRO’S THAN CON’S, I DONT THINK SO. WHY IS IT THAT THERE IS SOME ONE ALWAYS WANTING TO SUE. IF DR.S DID THEIR JOB AND REALLY PAID ATTENTION TO WHAT THE PATIENT WAS TELLING THEM OR LOOK IN TO THE FAMILY HISTORY WE THE FEW THAT NEED THE DARVOCET AND DARVON WOULDNT BE EXPRESSING HOW MUCH WE NEED IT TO HELP WITH OUR PAIN

I can’ believe they recalled this medication. I am a recovering addict/alcoholic sober and clean 28 yrs. I am allergic to codeine and just got out of the hospital for bleeding ulcers due to NSAIDS. If I hear another doctor say NSAIDS are risk free I will throw up. The ONLY pain med I can take now is Darvocet, I have DDD siatica and arthritis. I also have had extensive dental work done and Darvocet has saved my life. I have never exceeded 2 pills per day, oh yes when I had shingles and some dental implants. Other then that I can function on Darvocet, and I never get and URGE to take more. It takes the edge off without causing cravings. I have been on and off Darvocet for 20 plus yrs when needed. Now that it is off the market I am actually depressed, like very depressed. Funny I wasn’t depressed when I was taking it. My Dr suggested Percocet (allergic to codeine and recovering addict) helllo! I said I’m allergic to Codeine won’t I be allergic to this he said no you have to try it. It’s my body, so now I risk an allergic reaction, more side effects and guaranteed addiction. What an insane move by the FDA! Brains in their asses. They said other drugs are more effective, Oxycodeine, Morphine, Percodane yes and herion and Dilaudid. I think they must have an investment in Rehabs because this is a dangerous decision. Been there and suffered that and now one med that works (name one med that doesn’t have side effects) and the yank it from the people whos lives depend on it. That doesn’t sound like good judgement to me. Insane NOW I feel like committing suicide I’m so angry!!

I have taken darvocet-n since my early 20s, I am now 48 I have severe osteoarthritis along with dish syndrome, for the pain with sciatica n disks i use vicodinl, although these symptoms sometimes just ccause muscle spasm induced migraines, darvo’s are the only thing that work., vicodin does not work on muscle pain n migraines. other cet meds make me nausous. so after 27 yrs, i am still here n use vico for bad nerve pain , n darvocetn for the muscle tension along with a relaxer one has to wonder who has it out for the makers of this med, because tylenol alone does not cure my headaches even if i take 4, so thats a bunch of hogwash. whos paying whom to get this drug off, my bet so another new one can come in. stop the recall, maybe a class action suit against the board will helpl. call your senators, congressman complain, pharmacutical companies are ruling us, not the government this has to be stopped immediately!

I have been on Darvacet for 11 years for RSD after trying every drug available even oxycotin. I have taken what is considered a toxic level for 3-4 years straight. My organs function properly and I am not addicted to this medication. With this drug I can wean off when I do not need such a high dose. Codine, morphine, and methadone you cannot. All the allergies I have had to endure in the past before finding darvacet have been horrible. You can function on this med. I agree it is the only thing I can take. No it is not the tylenol alone and just take that or other OTC’s. IF you have never had pain so bad that you beg the surgeon to take off the parts that hurt!!! THEN YOU HAVE NO REASON TO COMMENT ON SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT CONCERN SOMEONE ELSES BODY. Why were there no studies done that actually asked people who take the drug if it works or not. What will we all do? I cannot have anymore ganglion nerve blocks, artery cath’s for pain management. Now do we all storm the doctors offices asking for the pain pumps to be installed in our bodies? Who will speak for us???? Represent us to the FDA and the other government agencies involved in this?? I called Walgrens and they do not carry it anymore. Now back to square one, not able to drive, care for myself or my family. So will we all meet in the E.R’s as we go through withdrawls.

I am in the healthcare field and Darvocet was never intended to be used for a long term solution to manage pain. If you have been on this for more than short term relief of acute pain issues then you should seriously consider the likelihood that you are addicted which may have it’s own life threatening implications.

I am willing to take responsibility for using Darvocett. I have taken it occassionally for several years. It helps some while Tylenol alone doesn’t help at all. NASAIDs do not help at all. Medications help and/or affect different people differently. The risks are small and would have occurred by now if they were going to. Oh well, maybe I can get disablity now since there isn’t anything to help me.

I have taken darvocet since 1988, I use it responsivly for r/a and o/a. I am now faceing a hip replacment. I hope the ban is reversed as I cannot take most of the other pain meds on the market

I believe the effects of the drug depend on the person and severity of the pain. I had a C-Section on October 18, 2010 and was prescribed Darvocet. It did nothing for my pain at all. While I did have slight drowsiness, it wasn’t enough to actually help me sleep through it. On November 30, 2010 I had a laparotomy tubal ligation, which feels exactly like a C-Section, and was prescribed Hydrocodone-Apap 10/650. That seemed to work significantly better for the pain. Though I’ve heard it’s highly addictive so I only took it when the pain became unbearable. On the other hand, my grandmother took Darvocet for many years for her chronic headaches and back pain and it seemed to work well for her. However, if this drug is shown to cause fatal cardiac conditions, so I’ve read, I’m not sure it should be left on the market. As for the “addicted debate,” any drug will become an addiction over an extended period of time, as your body will become dependent upon it, and will eventually cause damage. I’m not a medical professional of any kind, though, so these are just my thoughts and experiences with the drug.

I have been taking darvocet for 16 years with no heart problems or other side effects. I didn’t find out until I went to get my refill that they no longer make it. My doctor is giving me alot of headaches prescribing me something else other than tylenol arthritis, which DOES NOT work for me. I have taken a laundry list of medications over the years in place of darvocet that either didn’t work or had side effects I couldn’t stand, including naproxen, motrin, neurontin, topomax, tomoxifin, talwin, ultram. . .the list goes on. This medication has helped me tremendously and I’m just wondering, What the heck am I supposed to do now?

I’ve sat here reading over all the comments and I must say that coming from my own personal point of view after having taken numerous pain killers over the years for fibromyalgia and for the loss of my left leg I can say that Tylenol does NOT always help. In fact nine times out of ten I get absolutely no relief from my pain. Now on the other side I can say that Darvocet/Darvon causes in the long run serious liver and kidney problems as well as heart failure. In saying that though, any drug be it a narcotic or an NSAID or just plain OTC’s can and do cause side effects of some kind. There is ALWAYS a risk when taking any medication. As far as addiction goes, how is addiction to a particular painkiller any different than addiction to coffee, tea, ciggs or alcohol? Anything can be addictive. I know that when I was taking morphine and oxycotin for my pain I was seriously addicted to it and no I DON”T have an addictive personality and NO I don’t have anything in my genetics that caused it. Those drugs are seriously addictive and why haven’t they been pulled? Seriously, take six Asprin and that will be your last headache. Take too much OTC Sleep Aid and you’ll never wake up agian. Plain and simple pulling a drug off the market because it has caused a few deaths is utterly ridiculous and though I truly feel for those people that have lost someone due to a medication, perhaps it isn’t the medication so much as that person’s physicological make up that reacted to the drug. To Samantha, I am sorry for your loss and I truly know what it’s like to lose a child but it wasn’t the drug’s fault. It was the boy who gave your son the drug. He killed him, not the drug and meaning no disrespect but obviously your son didn’t think before taking it because he did so. To put down those that take this drug for pain relief and Don’t misuse it is ignorant at best, just plain stupid at the worst. Also to say that someone can get by with basic OTC pain meds is utterly and totally moronic. I agree that it is the responsibility of the doctors, nurses, caregivers and patients to use their medications properly and with moderation. A drug doesn’t cause someone to become suicidal…they had that issue to begin with and are using the drug as a means to do what was already in their heads to begin with. Taking Darvocet/Darvon off the market is pointless and just a way for our government to make more money. Want a good example of this? Why is it that in other countries a person can be cured of Cancer AND AIDS but here in the US we have to be put on drugs to live? Think about it folks. It’s about the money. Always has been and sadly always will be.

I’ve used darvocet successfully for years. It helps to take migraine pain away. I can still be a functioning member of society and work and help care for others. What now?

I have had 3 spinal surgeries in the past 2 years from a car accident. I have COPD, more commonly known as chronic obstructive lung disease from 30+ years of smoking. I quit years ago but because of the advancement of this disease, I am limited in what pain relievers I can use. Most of them like Lortab, Percocet or Vicodin, depress the respiratory system to a point where I had to be on constant oxygen for months after these surgeries due to these medications. Finally, I was prescribed Darvocet, I take 1, 3x’s a day, and will be for life as my spine has seriously deteriorated. They work to relieve the pain without the use of oxygen. Why wasn’t I contacted for my opinion on the effects of this drug? Who elected this panel to speak for me? No ONE!! I am 54, single, live alone and now have to find a medication that will work as effectively as the Darvocet did without the respiratory side effects. Thank you to all those fools who think this medication is being abused. It’s for mild to moderate pain. Go after the Lortab users and abusers…there’s the health care problem right there. I hope to hell some day, one of the people on that panel need a pain medication and don’t find anything that works for them. Let them know the pain WE are all suffering from now. Take the N100 off the market, leave the 650 mg. available. Doctors should be monitoring their patients use and reporting it along with complaints. I along with many of you here, don’t have any problems with it. There’s always someone who has nothing better to do than ruin the quality of life for the already disabled. You can all go to hell.

I tried to share previously, but apparently i was too explicative? I’ll try again. After years of migraine headaches, so bad to the point of being suicidal, after expensive tests, trial drugs, MRI’s, X-rays and a lot of guess work, I was put on Darvocet for the headaches. Allergic to asperin and with radical reactions to Ibuprophen (which did work well for the headaches) after taking the darvocet for a time, my headaches went away and there were absolutely no side affects. That was 9 years ago. Only 6 pills/24 hours did the trick. i came back from vacation, having only a few pills left, and was told, without warning or substitutes offered, that there were no pills available. No period to ween off or anything. Calling the doc, her reaction was “what do you want me to do about it?” She prescribed Firocet–proceeded to actually give me a headache almost immediately. So now I’m back to square 1, miserable, with no where to turn. ONCE AGAIN YOUR TAX DOLLAR AT WORK.

I have IBS, ICC and Fibromyalgia I have been in pain almost every day for over 20 years. I have been taking Darvocet for over 10 years and in the last 2 years have finally gotten my pain almost totally under control, thanks to taking Darvocet as needed. Before that I was in Urgent Care or the Emergency room Monthly sometimes weekly getting shots of Demerol to get the pain under control because nothing else would work. Not everyone can take every medicine that is why most doctors work with people that have chronic pain to find a medication that will works for them. If you do not have chronic pain you cannot understand the physical or emotional pain you go through every day. If a pain medicine is not working for you then you should communicate with your doctor or change doctors to find one that works. People like myself that this medicine works for takes months sometimes years to find a medicine that gives you relief. As I have read over and over there are hundreds of medicines and OTC drugs that all have the same side effects or if you take too much of will kill you. My sympathies go out to all of you that have lost friends or family members, however a lot of people have died at the hands of alcohol and you do not see it being taken off of the shelves, and you do not even need a prescription for it. And sadly your children are more likely to get that in your own house. Mary’s comment above says the product is still available but I went to pick my prescription up on 11/27/10 and was informed by the Pharmacist that they were told to take it off of the shelves and could not sell it to me. I for one hope that it comes back on the market, it is what works for me I cannot imagine going back through what I went through to finally find a pain med that worked for me. Good luck to the rest of you that take it!!

I was asked allot of questions before I was put on this med and I dont like taking anything if I dont have to but when the pain is to much to bare one has to do something else when over the counter meds arent cutting it. This really disturbs me. I have been on Darvocet for just under 6 months due to fractured disc’s. Its the only thing I have found to work and also work well with Alive that wont make me dowsy or nauseaed. I dont even take the full prescribed dose and even so its enough to take the edge off the pain without having to resort to narcotics. Vicodin and Tylenol3 actually make me feel worse, Ultram does nothing. I have had NO side effects what so ever with Darvocet, no thoughts of suicide or other issues. I cant see how forcing Dr’s to prescribe heavier narcotics for chronic pain makes sense. Arent the risks of these more potient meds higher risks… Dont take something off the market because of the abuse of those that cant control themselves.

I have been taking darvocet since my knee surgery in February 2010. I have not become addicted, have not considered suicide or any of the other adverse side effects that are being touted by a so-called public advocate group. I have to say that I am thoroughly tired of being told what is in my best interest. I am 53 years old and have been taking care of my own best interests since I was 18. I am also tired that everyone who uses darvocet for pain relief is being penalized because of the relatively few abusers of the drug. If darvocet use is such a problem, why have they waited until now to complain about it?

To say that Darvocet is no more effective than tylenol alone is riduculous. How many people on the so called “panel” would like to take tylenol for post-op pain or a migraine? If they are worried about suicide, then every bottle of over the counter product containing acetomenohen and asprin better be removed from the counters too because they too are lethal weapons! I feel bad for those who have had trouble with Darvocet but it is the only med I can take for pain and my heart is just fine. Let the Doctors decide case by case who needs this drug, not some over zealous panel.

This drug did not cause me any heart problems. Maybe slightly increased it when I first started taking it 5 years ago. Nothing happened when I stopped taking it. It didn’t make me depressed. Actually the opposite. I’m a poor metaboliser of Tylenol in Vicodin (felt weird and had chest pains) Tramadol made me too tired (too much serotonin activity). It also gave me migraines. Now my options will be Percodan, oxycodone, or methadone (sometimes used for autoimmune pain) I have RA, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome. This drug relieves all 3 of them. I took the Darvon/propoxyfene one that didn’t have the Tylenol in it. NSAIDs don’t work for me. As myself everyday I feel like somebody dying of cancer. Awful. So sick. Please don’t ban it!

It has taken 53 years for some group to say that Propoxyphene is addictive and has resulted in sucides and overdosage? Come on people! This medicine should be the least of their worries when you have people getting scripts of Oxycodone, crushing it and injecting it into themselves. I agree with some of the other comments that if all medications with habit forming side effects are given to people with addictive tendencies then even an Aspirin can become addictive andcausedeath.

I realize that Darvocet has been associated with significant side effects. But, with it’s elimination the FDA has forced me to use oxycodone or it’s equal, not tyelnol. So the risk should be compared to the likely substitute, not OTC meds.

First of all everyone, Darvocet had not been recalled. It has just been suggested it be recalled on the top of this page is states “A panel of outside advisors to the FDA have recommended that the agency withdraw approval for the painkiller Darvon, which is also sold as Darvocet with the addition of acetaminophen…………………….the FDA is not required to follow the advice of their advisory panel”. You can get your Dr. today to write you a script and fill it at any pharmacy. I have been taking it for over twenty years with good results. I have had heart palpitations off and on for several years but no one was concerned. My problem has arisen in the last couple of months with heart arrhythmia, heart palpitations, very hard heartbeats and my heart actually hurting. I am now in the process of finding an alternative. I have a bottle of over 100 in my cabinet that I will not take for fear of permanent heart issues. I am having trouble finding out if these issues are permanent or will go away over time after being off Darvocet

I have a degenerative joint disease, Darvocet is the only one that takes the edge off the severe pain, it especially works better on the bone pain. I have tried the much stronger pain meds but Darvocet works better for me. The viox helped way back when, but of course they took that off the market too. I am 57 and absolutely do not abuse the drug, I cannot imagine people getting hooked on Darvocet, but there it is, so now we have to suffer for their abuse, by the way I am an RN and have seen much suffering, this drug is a small fish in a big pond, why in the world would they target this one.

I take Darvocet as needed for my leg pains. I have been doing this for 20 yrs. Nothing else works. Just Tylenol doesn’t help, so it has to be the other ingredients in Darvocet. I have never become addicted. I usually can get by with a 1/2 tab. I don’t know what I will take now, I also have Vicodin, but I don’t like them as well and they are more addictive if that is what they are worried about with Darvocet. Let the consumer decide if the benefits outweigh the risks. I want my Darvocet back. Let it be my choice.

I totally agree with most users of Darvocet. Don’t take it off the market. I have taken it as needed for10 years for fibromyalgia and nothing works as well. I now am trying to find something similar to replace it but others interfer with other medications I am taking. I usually take it at night to relax and get a restful nights sleep. I was shocked at the recall and have read research that doesn’t make a lot of valuable sense for me. How can we group together to get this back on the market? I would also agree that most of us over 60 do not abuse the drug. We are responsible active adults who use as needed.

I have fibromyalgia, bone spurs, 2 compression fractures and degeneration of the spine. I take Darvacet with my Celebrex and prednisone and this has been the only combination that has worked. My Dr. and I have tried many combinations with little to no help until I started to take these. I am diligent in watching how often and how much i take. I don’t wish to overdose or become addicted but I do enjoy the fact that I can have less pain when I am working 1 full time and 1 pt. time job. I have no idea what I will do now when my Darvacet runs out but I hope that the FDA will consider that this drug is NOT dangerous to those of us that follow the dosing instructions. I can understand pulling approval for medication that has harmful side affects like heart problems, kidney failure, etc. Something that is more damaging to your health than helpful, but this seems to be more a problem of the user of the medication not the med itself…

I am 74 years old and a cancer survivor among a number of other painful problems. I have undergone more than 30 surgeries and thank god for darvocet that helped me to tolerate the pain that I must endure daily. I have taken darvocet as my doctor prescribes and suggest off and on for many years and have never been addicted. The darvocet does not make me pain free but it has brought my pain level down to a point that I can tolerate it. We have had suicide by many means since beginning of time so how are you going to prevent the leap of death by whatever means? You can help the quality of my life by allowing me the darvocet that helps me to have strength of mind and body to survive many more years and be able to function in public and at home with dignity. GIVE BACK OUR DARVOCET PLEASE, and let our doctors be doctors.

These is so stupid.. I finally found a pain med that works for my problem. and then I cant get it. So I am sitting here in pain, because my Dr. doesn’t know what to give me. I have been a many others and Davocet is the only thing that worked.. THIS SUCKS!!!!!

I have been taking darvocet for over 7 years, I have arthritis and ddd, this works good for me its not quite strong enough for the pain anymore, but I am allergic to most other pain meds. Since my problems started in 98 I have been on alot of them and the others make me itch and break out in hives. What are people like me suppose to do? Please lift the ban for people like me

I have been taking Darvocet N 100 for 11 yrs now and i have DDD in my lower back,have rods n screws in my lower back and I also have chronic pain and permanet nerve damage and I now take darvocets like every 3 hrs with a muscle relaxer to take the egde of my pain I have..I have asked my doc to put me on something stronger and he put me on Morphine and darvocets together instead of just giving me a stonrger pain pill I can take..Im sorry to hear its being recalled but I know Im not the only one but IM not addicted to it..If I dont have it I just be in pain all day..NO withdrawls…If a person in my condition asked to be put on something stronger to get off darvocets cause it dont work anymore well the doc should listen to the patient and give them something else..Liek they say..One bad apple ruins the whole bunch….Come on FDA..dont take darvocets off the market..SOME PPL do NEED THEM ….

I have been taking Darvocet for pain and it is the only thing that helps met to get a good night sleep. I have Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, fibromyalgia. The pain can be over whelming to the point that I can not function. Darvocet has helped me thru a lot of pain ful episodes. Especially with flare up Please lift the ban for people like me that it works for. I agree with the people who have commented to lift the recall. Thanks

Your “experts” say the “risks” outweigh the benefits. I am allergic to Asprin, and Morphine Sulphate, and the drugs that metabolize. to a form of MS; as well as all forms of synthetic MS. l have to keep Fentenyl, Methadone, and Demerol for end-stage; which thanks to your drugs recall will cause and my death to come sooner rather than later!! My life with Muscular Dystrophy has been manageable and active UNTIL NOW! I cannot walk without the nedication. Add Turadol, Stadol, & Tramadol to the list of drugs that cause hives, and ZERO pain relief. There are too many other folks in my situation. It works great for some and does absolutly nothing for others. Vicoden falls into that same catagory. To thpse of us who need the medication, please, please, put it back. Make it a schedule III, with lots of warnings….but do not put me into a Nursing Home to die. I am still active tutoring math, and other activities (with the Darvocet.) I am still useful to society. Isn’t that what “Quality of Life” is supposed to be about? If there is a group of Attorneys’ willing to counter-sue so we can get out medication back, I assure you they will have plenty of people for a Class Action Suit. Think about the stronger drugs people may stoop to, BRING BACK THE DARVOCET! Please.

As a long time user, NOT ABUSER, of darvocet for my severe arthritis I’m appalled that there are millions of users that will now have to suffer because a few (percentage wise) user misused the medicine and had sad consequences. Are they going to pull tylenol and aspirin too since I know of a teen that dies using too much of those? Where does personal accountability come in? As far as other medicines being helpful. Guess what? I’ve tried them all and they don’t work for me. Bring back my medicine that works the best FOR ME. Maybe put more stringent controls like they have for vicodin (doesn’t help me at all). I see the vote was 14 to 12. Looks like the FDA is just going for CYA. Where’s the coalition for common sense when we need them?

I beg to differ that tylenol controls pain as well as darvocet did. When I have severe back pain, my Darvocet was the only thing that kicked the pain. Not Tylenol, not Ibuprofen, which I had certainly tried before breaking down and going to the Doctor for something that worked on my pain. Due to allergies, I cannot take Vicodin. ALL medications have the potential to be fatal, including Tylenol! I think this is ridiculous. I also happen to be an RN in LTC who sees medications work and not work all the time, and there is no one drug that works for all people. There just isn’t. I’m very disheartened by this ruling, and feel like I’m being condemned to use medications that are either ineffective or more narcotic for my pain.

I agree with Sue. i have had Rheumatoid arthritis for 29 years and have used Darvocet throughout the past 29 years. If you are a responsible adult you will take your med as perscribed, all meds have side effects. They dont want it to cause depression, so we live with severe pain instead? Are you kidding me! They can legalize marijuana but ban darvocet? You people in Washington have got to have something better to do, right?

I have been reading the comments and think to myself why do we blame a medication for peoples actions I am sorry for the people who have dies for abusing this medication, but if this was the case we need to take all pain meds off the market. What about oxycotin why is that nasty drug still obtainable, I know 3 people who overdosed on that and Xanax. Oxycotin is running rampid right now selling on the streets. People have robbed drug stores for it. If people have an addictive mind they will get addicted to anything. It is the person and not the drug. It is riduculous. My step father has been on this for his broken heals and only takes it when needed and tylenol does not help with that pain. However he is not addicted but now the Doctor put him on Vicoden for pain. Are we serious??

I HAVE BEEN TAKING DARVOCET FOR YEARS, IT IS THE ONLY PAIN MED THAT DOESNT MESS UP MY STOMACH. I HAVE A STOMACH PROBLEM AND CAN TAKE VERY FEW MEDICATIONS. I CAN TAKE DARVOCET WITH NO PROBLEMS AND IT HELPS MY PAIN, I HAVE VERY BAD BACK PAIN WITH MY DISC AND VERTEBRA, FIBROMYALGIA, ARTHRITIS ECT. I AM I AM IN PAIN ALL THE TIME AND THE DARVOCET HELPS.I DONT KNOW WHY WE CANT BE RESPONSIBLE TO SAY IF WE WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE ON TAKING DARVOCET (WHICH I DONT THINK HURTS YOU) OR IT DOESNT HURT ME. THIS IS AMERICA WE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY IF WE WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE TO TAKE THE MEDICINE OR NOT. I THINK THIS IS CRUEL.

It would seem that quite a few people are overlooking the fact that it was stated that Darvocet doesn’t work any better than Tylenol alone, so why would they keep it on the shelf when there are potentially dangerous side effects? Looks like a lot of people are paranoid about it being taken off the market, this would challenge the “not being addicted to” statements. Like they said, take Tylenol it works just as well.

I have taken Darvocet for about a year for severe back pain and don’t know how I can replace what works so well for me. Hydrocodone makes me sick to my stomach and the Darvocet does not. I pill at night is all I take. That is certainly not an addiction, no more than the 2 Aleve that I take in the mornings to be able to walk around through-out the day.

I have taken Darvocet for the last 12 years for severe pain from neck surgery and a broken shoulder. I use the Darvocet only when other over the counter medications don’t work, which is most of the time. I suffer from arthritis also. I’m allergic to codeine, and most of the other pain medications make me sick to my stomach. I am very disappointed about this recall. Not sure what I will do to control the pain when it flares up. A qty of 60 pills will last me 5 or 6 months, so I wouldn’t call that addicted.

I beg you, do not take darvocet off market. I am 70 and have taken this med for years. it has no side effects as others do. I have severe diabetic and artritis paim. My Dr test me for liver problems.so far none.

I have been taking Darvocet for only a few years, but I thought I finally found a drug that would relieve my pain and yet still let me work. I am a dentist and cannot take any other Narcotic due to both GI complications and the fact that I can’t wield a dental drill when I’m hopped up on stronger stuff. I have done the research on this medication. I see nothing wrong with it so long as it tis taken judiciously. There are many side effects listed in the PDR. All the other narcotics listed also had the same and more side effects listed. For my insurance dollar, the Darvocet is actually more expensive than the Vicodin. I’d rather take the risks of this drug than the alternative – not working and being able to provide for my family, while being in severe pain. I can take Advil, but I’d be taking 3 3x/per day. That is not a long term solution. The Advil can do as much damage to the liver, if not more than Darvocet taken as directed for the severe moments of chronic pain. I get to go to my own doctor now and start experimenting with new pain killers. Any volunteers to be the next patient in my chair??