I have taken Darvocet for migraine headaches for a long time. This is the only thing that works. Lortab doesn’t help at all. It’s not fair that a select few people can cause such problems for others. This is no more addictive than Lortab and they haven’t pulled it. And for elderly this is safer than other medications that confuse them. It is easier tolerated by elderly.

OH MY GOD !!! How flipping stupid this country is becoming. People can commit suicide with tylenol alone. Taking Vicodin causes more liver damage then the Darvocet does. I took it years ago for arthritis pain & back pain with no problems. Did a couse of Vicodin for a couple of years and Percocet and asked for the Darvocet back again and had just as much relief of the pain from that as I did with the other narcotic pain medications. So why take more than you need and save the heavy hitters for intense pain. Personally I don’t think that for being on the market for as long as it has been that 3000 deaths is a lot. Hell you can get 40 people a year to stick their fingers in electrical sockets and kill themselves. FDA get your crap together and find something else to bitch about and screw the public out of !!!!! You know in Canada you can buy asprin with codiene in it over the counter and how is their suicide rate going? Maybe we just need to make trips up to Canada and by this medication.

I’m 76, have severe degenterative arthritis, and rely on Darvocet to maintain an active lifestyle. I have used Tylenol, tried it repeatedly and receive little or no relief. I would like to continue being able to enjoy life, family and be a productive citizen. Darvocet is my way of doing this.

The reason Darvocet was recalled was due to the fact that it creates a cardiotoxin that can cause sudden cardiac death. Not because people are OD’ing. The studies have shown that even in healthy people you can die. Read and do research before you jump to conclusions.

I have used Darvocet for years for my headaches. This is a mild narcotic that worked that I could take on a daily basis and still hold down a full time job to support my family. Now what am I going to do? What medication does the FDA reccomend for replacement????? I am afraid that this is going to interfere with my ability to provide for my family.

I am a long time migraine sufferer and my insurance only allows 9 Imitrex a month and over the counter meds causes ulcers. So my Dr. prescribed Darvocet to keep the headaches at bay and now that they have been discontinued, I have head a serious headache for a week now with nothing to take for it to ease the pain. I have taken Darvocet for years and have had to complications as I follow the directions and do not abuse the medication! I don’t know what I will do now without this medication!

Darvocet is a superior pain medication. It is the only pain reliever with the most minimal side effects and is very effective. I have had a herniated disc surgery that was good but the last year,though I exercise, still leaves me in pain. Ultram, vicodin oxycoton all make me sick. Please don’t remove this medicine. If you use it right it is the best. Thank You

By the way, John, the pharmacist, is one of the few here who has TRULY done his homework and based his comment on factual evidence. Surfing the internet for a few hours doesn’t mean you are well-informed.

I am an RN…have been for may years. Of more concern to me than the fact that Darvocet and Darvon have been recalled is the fact that it took FOUR YEARS to happen after the initial lawsuit was filed. There are MANY substances the FDA SHOULD take off the market r/t proven research…yet they don’t (acetaminophen being among them…you’ll never find it in my house). Just because it is AVAILABLE and prescribed doesn’t make it safe for consumption. Just because some personally prefer it doesn’t mean it outweighs the risks to society. In that case, we could go straight to heroin or opium for the BEST pain relief! But the truth is, as members of society who benefit from the rules, regulations, and other structures in place to protect and enhance our lives, we agree to abide by those rules and regulations for the OVERALL good. Technology makes new strides every day. When a drug, machine, or treatment is discovered to have adverse effects that outweigh the benefits, we have a responsibility to MAKE APPROPRIATE changes. Otherwise, today, pregnant women with nausea would be given thalidomide. Towns would still use DDT to control mosquitoes. Cocaine would still be in Coca Cola. X-rays would still expose developing fetuses to large amounts of radiation…why use ultrasound? “…minimal pain relief benefits provided by the drugs do not outweigh the SUBSTANTIAL (my caps) risk of overdose, suicide and other known side effects of Darvon.” That’s the bottom line, folks. The vitriol on this site saddens me…people called stupid because they have an opinion…people told to shut up because they don’t agree with you. Really??? Last comment…cannabis is an effective pain reliever with minimal side effects. Legalize medical marijuana.

what are u supposed to do when ur allargic to every thing else like coden and vicodine and perasets and your only option is dirvect or morphine and ur a parent with small children

I have had spinal surgery and am now disabled and deal with constant pain in my back and hips and legs. The doctor has tried me on several meds but Darvocet is the only thing that keeps me from hurting and I have had no problems, but now I have to suffer due to others being irresponsible and abusing the drug. And who ever said that Tylenol works the same is ignorant, Tylenol does not even come close to Darvocet. It’s not the drug that is the problem but those that abuse it so we all suffer for thier irreponsible actions. I hope they change this and put darvocet back on the market soon.

I have Rheumatoid Arthritis & neuropathy. This is the ONLY pain med I can tolerate. All the codeine’s and other opiates cause intense stomach pain with me. I am sure there are other pain meds that I have not tried (not many), but please… don’t let a few people who can’t follow simple instructions cause all of those like me to suffer. I am a school teacher – now only able to be a substitute – and recalling this medication will prevent my being able to work, buy food, etc. Please do not recall this medication. I need it and I know there must be others like me – all my siblings for instance – who may someday need a pain medication and not have an option.

SO IF THEIR RECALLING DARVOCETS DUE TO POTENTIAL SUICIDAL IMPLICATIONS AND OVERDOSING, WHAT ABOUT THE MULTIPLE DEATHS AND OVERDOSES OF THE IDIOTS USING OXYCODONE AND OXYCONTIN, VICODIN, SOMA, XANAX AND ULTRAM. I DO BELIEVE THERE ARE MUCH MORE DEATH RELATED TO THE USE OF THOSE DRUGS VS. DARVOCET. EVEN LOCAL PHARMACIES ARE GETTING ROBBED DUE TO THE ADDICTED NATURE OF THESE NARCOTICS AND PEOLPE ARE BEING MURDERED FOR THEIR DRUGS. COME ON FDA GET OFF YOUR A** AND TAKE CARE OF THE DRUG ADDICTS AND PAIN CLINICS WHO ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THESE EASY ACCESSIBLE DRUGS AND MAKE THESE DRUGS ILLEGAL WITH LEGAL REPERCUTIONS FOR PATIENT WHO ARE DRUG SEEKING AND PHYSICALLY DEMANDING NARCOTICS IN EMERGENCY ROOMS SETTINGS.

Dig deep enough and you most likely will find the Rockefeller footprint on this report, question is – what drug are they now getting ready to make their billions on while staying in the shadows of their blind trusts and foundations. Thirty-nine year user to relieve pain as a result of a surgical mishap. No side effects or addiction and taken as needed for pain. Use alternate pain relievers when practicable.

I started taking Darvocet N-100 about 12 years ago, for lower back pain, then acute arthritisis as recommended by my doctor. Now as any honest hearted person that has done any internet research on this medication will admit, darvocet is an opoid. In other words for those who don’t question their doctor or the FDA, it is a narcotic. Now will someone out there tell me who that makes it no more effective than other safer pain medications? Or how is it that the tynenol is actually the pain killing ingredient in Darvocet N-100. Excuse me couldn’t they have just sold tynelol separtely as it is manufactured. No, they combined the two ingredients and made one of most dangerous addictive drugs since metamphenines. By the way, I quit taking the wonderful drug Darvocet after I acquired a 240 pill a month habit. I deceided that I would rather die than live in fear of the pain that drove me to get the Darvocet. There are probably close to 18 millon addicts that have similar stories. Also if proabition could have continued and stopped alcohol consumption so freely then God forgive those that got in their way.

we can debate ” I take it and it works” till the cows come home . I am a major cynic and think it has been removed simply because it is inexpensive .It makes room for Dr’s to use the more expensive drugs on the market.. Darvon/Darvocet have been on the market for 53 yrs .. Lets face it.. It is simply money.. My pharmicst recomended ultracet.. That is tramadol with tylanol. at probably several times the cost and more of a narcotic.. Bring back the Darvocet

How do us safe users of darvocet get the recall reversed?

Have you done the statisics on the adverse side effects <1%. It this drug is prescribed to over 22 million people and only 3000 have had problems, them I believe we need to be examining the board who made recommendations to take it off the market. The % of people that have an alcohol problem certainly outweigh the risk 10 to 1 and it is a legal drug that anyone can get access to at anytime. Darvocet has been used for many years effectly, to take the edge off of pain, so it is tolerable and one can still function. Look at the drug Oxycotin. Doctors precribe this frequently…a synthetic herion basically. Musch more addictive, much more serious side effects and many many more deaths grom the drug, and people killing to get this drug and it is still on the market. Something is bad wrong with our country.

God help us americans, there must not be enough MONEY being made on Darvon which has been around and has helped many people for years. I guess the FDA would rather see more people addicted to higher priced pain medication like Vicodin and etc as there is more money to be made, why do they allow drug companies to force them to take something off the market that works and is affordable, my husband has taken it for years, never had any problems with it, it has help him so much after been in a car accident many years ago and having had 14 fractures as a result of the accident, this drug does not interfer with his other medicines and it helps ease his pain.

I have been disabled since 1965 due to many rear end accidents. I have a list of many painful eppisodes. I am also allergic to most everything in the Medical field, Therfore the ONLY MEDICATION FOR PAIN that has worked for me is Darvocet. I have never had a problem taking this medication and am appauled that the FDA is removing this medication. If they had to live with extreme Pain they might look at this medication differently. People that don’t read and follow the directions of medications are probably legal prescription addicts anyway. True possibly some people have a reaction to this and many other drugs. It is the responsibility of each Individual to monitor what happens to them on certain medications and choose appropiately. HOWEVER; Do Not Take My Medications in the Process. It seems to me that 2000 out of 2 million is a pretty insignificant amount compared to the millions that it helps. PLEASE FDA, DON’T REMOVE THIS MEDICATION

I have been a nurse since 1975.Darvon was the drug of choice for patients with broken bones and arthritis back then. Along comes Lortab and physicians prescribe it like candy. Patients with chronic back pain seem to easily become dependent on Lortab. It also makes many people dizzy, causing risks for falls. Mother was 83 when she passed away and Darvon kept her active and gave her the ability to do many crafts. She had arthritis since her late 30’s. I recently fell and was given a choice by my physician as to what pain medication to take. I chose Darvocet because I coule take it at night and still go teach nursing during the day. Whoever is on your panel needs to research information with the correct age group. As for me and many senior citizens, we feel safe taking Darvocet.

I don’t know why Tylenol doesn’t work for me, but it doesn’t!!!!! I just got a call from my doctor’s office & they told me to switch to 1000mg of tylenol…I tried that years ago before Darvocet. Nothing else works for me. I am so disappointed.

I’m a Doctor of Pharmacy; all of you users hear actually sound like a room full of addicted people scared of losing your dope. propoxyphene is a synthetic opiate that is very dangerous due to it’s build up of metabolites and elderly livers are unable to clear these metabolites when the drug is used constantly for long period. there are pain killers that are much safer in ALL population groups such as extended release meds. ironically , these meds will not give you that “good feeling” that your precious darvocet gives. after you’ve seen many addicted patients. treated them and read thousands of pages of medical text/clinical trials ; then you can gripe without your ignorance. darvocet is nothing but spiked acetaminophen (with propoxyphene). and no more effective than acetaminophen ; it’s just the propoxyphene makes you feel a “good”; like alcohol . educate yourselves…….I know you have the time, you seem to have time to gripe about a pharmacological matter with no pharmacy education, just get your degree and then come back and comment. oh, and as far as banning acetaminophen ; it’s been tried but the makers of Tylenol have the money and keep stopping it. acetaminophen is very dangerous , is cleared by the liver using an enzyme called glutithione…as glut. is bound by acetaminophen it gets used up, so what? without glutithione your body/liver shuts down. max dose of acetaminophen a day is 4 grams; that’s only 3 darvocets! recommended acetaminophen dose is only 650mg every 4 hours; one tablet. acetaminophen should be removed, the data is there, the deaths are there, but the money to keep it is also there. so if you want to gripe, you can thank the FDA for keeping this poison on the market. READ people, don’t just spout off at the mouth.

I quote ” In addition, the agency indicated that with Darvocet, the Darvon component provides little to no more pain relief than taking acetaminophen alone. ” If this is the case then why not recall and ban acetaminophen ? I have been using this for a few years to assist with arthritis pain. with no problems. Whats the deal ? Big brother has nothing better to do ?

Ok, I don’t understand. I have taken darvocet for 16 yrs for back pain with absolutely no problems. I take it according to the prescription. It is the one medication that I know works for my pain. If its just Tylenol why is tylenol still on the shelves? Vicoden is also a pain killer that contains tylenol. Why is that still availabe ? If tylenol can be sold over the counter why do you need a script for darvocet and vicoden? Why isn’t tylenol also considered a narcotic? How do the doctors know that the people who have dangerous reactions weren’t taking an overdose or having an interaction from taking other prescription drugs with it? There are side effects to every medication. Personally, I think its been recalled from lawyers filing class action lawsuits on the manufacurer. How can a drug be recalled after so many years of being prescribed for pain? Why weren’t these side effects discovered years ago? Again I don’t understand, but I’m also very disappointed. Because of the recall many people may have to take several different kinds of pain pills before they again have found the one that works. Some people may also have a dangerous/deadly reaction while trying to find another pain medication that works. So do we recall those drugs too when too many people have a bad reaction?

Well, if the FDA were concerned at all about any of us, which they are not, they would be taking all sorts of stuff off the market, including aspertame or monosodium glutamate, which are both highly addictive. These food additives are designed to make you eat more, therefore, weight increase. That in turn, benifits the drug companies by selling us diet pills or any other kind of drug associated with weight control and or sickness. Are there still people in this country naive enough to believe that there is any organization, government or not, that is not more interested in anything but the money, and little more, if it benifiits their pocketbook? There is far more to it than what everyone is addressing. I have been reading these statements for some time now, and I believe that everyone has a right to their own opinion, allbeit some a little more educated than others. I do strongly agree that there are other issues, such as tobacco, that should have first concideration in being taken off the market because of the high mortality rate. COPD is now rated #4 as the biggest killer in America at this time. Can you imagine the ecconomical impact of taking this HIGHLY addictable commodity off the market? Does this make any sense at all? I too have chronic pain and, having an incurable disease, always will. I can not take NSAIDS at all, and have very negative effects with codene, hydrocodone, morphine, and just about everything else. Darvocet is the ONLY pain med that I can take. Do I think that the FDA cares about me? NO!!! We might as well accept the fact that this is the world we live in. The only real comfort we can find is Jesus.

Ihave been on Darvocet for chronic backpain, and shingles for several years. I only take 1-2 a day as needed. This medicine helps me alot to get through the day, otherwise i suffer in misery. I have been on several meds that i couldn’t tolerate. I strongly suggest the patient has a right to decide what works for their own body and have a good long talk to their physician. I speak in behalf of all of us that SUFFER PAIN!!! What are we to do now?

I am allergic to codiene and Darvocet is the only pain killer I can take for my arthritis. Plane Tylenol does not work! Who is this group to speak for all of us? They sure don’t speak for me!!

I have been taking this drug twice a day, under doctor’s supervision, since 1992. I have never had heart problems or been suicidal. I am treated for depression which I assumed was a result of the chronic pain and loss of the ability to do many activities I once enjoyed. If there have been warnings since 1978, why are we just hearing about this? What other drug company is out there trying to move in and make more money? I have been tried on a multitude of pain medications. Darvocet is the only one that does not make me horribly sick. While I agree the pain relief is not much more than tylenol alone, it does help take the edge off more than other OTC meds alone. I still hear references to the tylenol problems from 1980, nearly 30 years ago, but I have only heard about this problem within the last few days. Either the makers of Darvon had the FDA in the palm of their hand all of these years, or another drug company has the FDA in theirs. How would anyone connect a suicide to a pain medication alone? I certainly feel for the families who have lost loved ones. That is a pain no medication can treat. However, how can we know for certain the person would not have committed suicide if they were not taking darvocet? I have been a social worker for 17years. I am not an expert on mental health issues, but I have certainly dealt with a lot of mental illness throughout my career. I do not recall darvocet being a drug that was common among any of the patients I worked with who suffered from depression. Seroquel was the top drug I found to be associated with unexplained deaths or serious illnesses such as a stroke in the population that I have worked with over the last 11 years. What will those of us who cannot tolerate other medications do? I am very worried.

this is bull sh** this durg is one of only a few that actually acts on nerve pain. the durg has more than a minimal affect for some patients and as for the feer of overdose and suicide as side affects being an issue then every drug i know of should be recalled

You stupid lawyers. Thanks to you the one pain medication that I know works for my pain has been pulled from the shelfs. I have been taking propoxyphen for 16 years with absolutely no problems. So because some people had a problem lawyers want to jump on a band wagon of class act lawsuits. If this drug has been such a danger why wasn’t it pulled from the shelf years ago ???? Now my doctor wants to prescribe me tramadol and after looking it up on the internet this drug has side effects like seizures. So why hasn’t tramadol been pulled from the shelf ? I hope you lawyers spend all your resources for this lawsuit and end up losing everything. You never think about the people who you are hurting because of your GREED!!!

I have been taken darvocet for over 11 years as needed for pain. I have pain in my lower back and neck and darvocet just seem to help,without making me dizziness and keeping me in my right mine.How do you know if it has hurt you heart?

I have to agree with Sue on this issue. You need to be responsible and have a good doctor that can surmise the responsibility of his or her patient. I have taken Darvon or Darvocet off and on since 2004. I have never, ever taken more than prescribed and have only taken it when absolutely necessary. I chose to be responsible for my own actions. As far as it not working anymore than Tylenol, such is not the truth in my case. Taking Tylenol is like drinking water for me. It does absolutely nothing for me as far as a pain killer. It never has. Darvocet not only works well for me, it is the only narcotic painkiller my body can take. I have had several surgeries and have had too many side effects from other drugs. I had to stop taking them immediately. So now if I have surgery, there is nothing I can take to relieve the pain? This is ridiculous. Why not let people be responsible for their own actions and not micro manage every little thing. Funny, I thought all narcotics were addicting and more so than Darvocet. Carol

THIS IS A BIG CYA! I have been taking Darvocet (4 daily} since total hip surgery in 2001, I have 2 spinal stenoses causing severe sciatic pain and arthritis in my spine and all joints. I receive ‘roid injections as needed { approx. every 6 mos} for the spine. I have stenosis of the aortic valve in my heart and 9 partially blocked cardiac arteries, one of which, the descending left, is 95% blocked {inoperable}. I had an AAA in 1999, succesfully grafted. My cardiologist has never blamed Darvocet and the FDA is way off-base pulling Darvocet from thousands of suffering patients using it. Incidentally I am 87 yrs. old and plan to continue using Darvocet as long as I am able. FDA GET IT RIIGHT, IF IT AIN’t BROKE, DON’T FIX IT!!!!!!

I have been on Darvocets since I hurt my neck in 2002, I now take them for my migraines due to my prior injury and neck surgery I could be in pain mgt. but I take darvocets so I don’t have to take stronger medication. If people out there abuse there medications Don’t give them any. But don’t punish us for others Stupidity.

I agree with so many who have had great benefits from this medication for years. My 87 year old mother has been taking this when needed and gets so much pain relief from it and no ill effects for more than 5 years. She only takes half a pill at a time and has made a 30 pill prescription last for about 6 months. She now has a severe back injury and needs a lot more pain medication. It is so unfortunate that we have to go through the trial of other pain meds because the doctor will not prescribe this any longer.

My husband has taken Darvocet N-100 for years. My comment is this: if only 2,000-3,000 incidents have been reported with over 22 million people taking this medication, isn’t that quite a low percentage? I can’t even imagine the number of people who have overdosed, whether accidentally or not, on Tylenol #3, Vicodin, etc. Compared to these drugs, Darvocet N 100’s are baby aspirin!! Leave it alone, unless you want a lot of other people having to switch to something with codeine in it to replace what you have taken away from them!

Julie, as a pharmacist, would you not agree there are dangers with every medication? That’s why responsible people see their doctors regularly. Many people live a limited life and accept that life will be shorter than they thought and would rather have better quality and enjoy what they have left. I have a friend that administers a dose of Methotrexate to herself once a week every week just to keep Lupus from killing her kidneys. However, the Methotrexate puts her kidneys at risk too. But it’s her life and she wants to enjoy what she has of it. She’s tried everything. Her life is more normal while taking Methotrexate. Thankfully her doctor respects her patients choices of how they would like to live their lives. I appreciate that you have sincere compassion, but for some people darvocet works better than just two tylenol. They’re not making it up and it’s not in their heads. There are doctors that disagree with the “facts” about this drug. The best thing you can offer your customers is simple compassion. Believe them when they tell you two tylenol just doesn’t cut it, and show some simple concern. That alone is appreciated. It’s awful to be told two tylenol are just as effective when you know for yourself it’s not. Something else you could do is to support any choice of the group advocates for patients dealing with chronic pain. And/or you could point them in the direction of these many organizations. I don’t know if I’m allowed to share the names of the groups in this forum, but you can type in this topic in any search engine and find them. Dig further into this topic please. We are a country that has many advancements and learning more and more everyday, but we’re still so behind in understanding pain and helping the individual.

Shame on the FDA for giving in! The vote was close so that is telling but many should feel ashamed for caving in to such a threat. Lord forbid any of them ever end up with a disease or injury creating a situation where quality of life is diminished for the rest of their lives and the one drug that helps them live a more balanced and normal life gets pulled. Vicodin is too harsh for many. They’ve tried it. They’ve tried everything! If the acetaminophen alone helped, people would save a bundle and just take otc drugs. When are people going to stop thinking everyone feels pain the same way or that every drug works for every person the same way? I don’t use this drug but I know many who suffer with autoimmune disease and they depend on it to help them be able to play with their grandkids for a little while, to be able to sleep well because they chose to garden a little that day, etc… They tried a lot of different medications to help them get to that point in life and they finally found it, and now it’s gone. What are they supposed to do now? They’ve tried it all and this was the one thing that helped them best. It doesn’t kill all the pain but enough to where they can sleep or be able to cook a meal with less agony. There’s no cure for the diseases they have. There’s only control. They found something that they were taking responsibly that was helping with their individual pain. It’s cruel to hurt so many because others misuse it and/or misunderstand it. Anyone who doesn’t understand they’re side of it, I encourage you to spend time with support groups for those who deal with pain and other many agonies daily around the clock. Get to know them and how their lives have changed because of pain and how difficult a path it is to find something just to control the pain so you can play with your grandbabies for a little while or sleep later because you did. There are risks with every medication. They are well aware! Many of these people take drugs like chemo to slow down their hyperimmunity. It has risks also. Where’s the concern about chemo too? These patientsf ully understand the risks but would like to have quality of the life they have! Shame on Public Citizen and shame on those within the FDA that voted to cave in to them! It has affected more lives than they could begin to guess in a very painful way. Chemo is dangerous too and isn’t always beneficial, is that next on the list to go for those who depend on Methotrexate? I doubt it. It’s always about the drug addicts and the stupid belief that it’s a disease instead of a choice. I hope and pray these people learn to see the whole picture before Karma rolls around and bites them. It’s hell to be in pain but even more so when your one help gets pulled from the market because people are careless and thoughtless idiots! All patients facing this injustice are in my prayers.

I have taken Darvocet off and on for 15-20 years for migraines. Now I take Darvocet twice a day under the supervision of my doctor for my Fibromyalgia and Arthritic pain. If I don’t take it I am so stiff and in so much pain that I can’t hardly endure it. I have had a chemical dependency in the past so I have to be very careful of what I take. Darvocet does not seem to have that effect on me. I have taken it this way for almost a year. It does have a more analgesic effect than acetomeniphen or ibuprophen! Even more effective than naprosyn! Without this drug, the only option I will have left is moving on to another narcotic and that will put me at risk for addiction all over again! People are expected to take their medicine as prescribed. We can’t gaurentee that anyone will follow the directions on the bottle and that applies to ANY drug! This is not a good enough reason to take this drug off the market! If people want to committ suicide, they will do it however and with whatever! Please do not put my life in jeopardy by removing the only safe pain relief I have available to me!

I am very sensitive to pain killers, most of them make me shake inside and I always feel nauseous. I was hurt during training in the military and have to occasionally take something for the pain when it gets so bad. Darvocet is the ONLY thing I can take that works and that doesn’t make me feel as if I something crawling all over me. If they are going to remove Darvon or Darvon why are they going to stop there, why not the rest?

If you who feel it is safe to take and disagree with the recall there is hope it is called OVER THE COUNTER TYLENOL! it has the same affect as Darvon and darvocet but with out all the extra side affects.

I use Darvoset for arthritis. It’s ridiculous to take it off the market.

DarvocetN is a good medication in my opinion. I see no evidence based data to recall it. As an emegency physician I have not seen any untoward effects in 25 years. Yes, I did see one adult who was intoxicated took 6 Darvon at one time who almost stopped breathing. I reversed the Darvon effects with Narcan 0.4mg IV…….One person in 25 years. Darvocet N 100 has been a good drug for me in my practice of emergency medicine.I will seek out true data on the drug which I have not seen yet.

As a pharmacist I have learned in school that Darvocet does not have any additional pain relief than 2 extra strength tylenol but has many more side effects especially those with renal disease. Again I am saying this only from what I have read in studies I have never had chronic pain and never taken Darvocet. I feel bad for people with chronic pain and can not start to know what that is like. I’ve been reading this blog so I can have answers for my customers when they ask. I wanted to let everyone know that part of the recall is also based on abnormal heart problems in healthy people who took Darvocet since no mentioned it.

I have been on and off darvacet for 38 yrs. It was good at taking the edge off the pain, I have two bad rotator cuffs, bulging disks in my spine that can be located by a layman, and two bad knees…Add to that I have a very physical job and am 57. I agree with the person who said we should be responsible for ourselves, but I’ve heard that it also creates heart rhythm problems. Curious isn’t it, after 53 years???

you have to take medicine of any kind as prescribe. i have taken this medicine for years and nothing else helps me but a narcotic after surgery. i am not addicted to darvacet, because i use it as i am told. that i believe is the most easy meds to take and i am not addicted. i am still taking it, because i have had spinal surgery. i prefer not to take percacet. thank you

OK A LOT OF YOU’S SAY NOTHING WORKS BETTER THEN DARVOCET WHAT IS IN ALL PAIN MEDS 90% TYLENOL IF YOU TAKE THE SAME MG AMOUNT OF TYLENOL THAT YOU TAKE OF DARVOCET IT WILL WORK. JUST LIKE DARVOCET YOU WANT SOMTHING THAT WORKS BETTER THEN ALL THIS ASK YOUR DOCTOR FOR 800MG TO 1000MG OF IBUPROFEN AND THIS IS MUTCH SAFFER THEN DARVOCET AND YOU CANT GET HOOKED ON IT. I HAVE HAD BOTH KNEES REPLACED LAST NOVEMBER AND IT WORKS GREATTTTTTTT NO PAIN WHEN IT’S DAMP OUTSIDE. ANY ONE AGREE THAT TYLENOL KILLS YOU LIVER AND EREVERSOBLE DAMAGE TO IT RESERCH IT THEN POST ON HERE ASK YOUR DOCTOR TO.

SUE YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR MOTHERS LIVER COUNT DONE AND SEE IF SHE HAS ANY LIVER DAMAGE MY FATHER HAS BEEN ON THIS PILL FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND HAS SERVER LIVER DAMAGE ALL THE DOCTORS SAY IT FROM DRINKING HE HAS NOT DRANK IN OVER 20 YEARS AND WHEN HE DID IT WAS A COUPLE OF BEERS AND THATS ALL NOW THE TRUTH COMES OUT GOOGLE DARVON AND SEE FOR YOUR SELF. DONT TAKE TYLENOL OR ANYTHING WITH TYLENOL IN IT IT KILLS YOUR LIVER AND THE LIVER WILL NOT COME BACK FROM IT. MY FATHER NEVER ABUSED THIS DRUG IF THE DOCTOR SAID TAKE IT 3 TIMES A DAY THATS WHAT HE DID TO THE TEEK NOW MY FATHER HAS 2 WEEKS LEFT TO LIVE FROM THIS CRAP. PLEAS EVERY ONE GOOGLE LIVER DAMAGE AND SEE FOR YOUR SELF AS MATTER OF FACT CALL FDA AND ASK THE HOW MANY CASES THEY HAVE ON DARVON FOR LIVER DAMAGE AND KEEP YOU EYES ON THE NEWS THE REAL TRUTH IS ON ITS WAY

When I require a pain med after surgery I always ask for Darvocet because It works and doesn’t knock me out. Furthermore, I perfer a drug that has been on the market longer than the new ones which, we are still learning about the side effects. I recently had a hip revision and again asked for darvocet which has gotten me through the recovery period. It may not be for everyone, but for me it is still my drug of choice when needed.