FDA Warns on Overdose Risk for Darvon and Darvocet Painkillers

(NaturalNews) The FDA has issued a warning about the high overdose risk from the opiate painkillers Darvon and Darvocet, but has stopped short of banning the drugs as the United Kingdom has done.Darvon and Darvocet contain a mix of an over-the-counter painkiller (either aspirin or acetaminophen) and the opiate propoxyphene, also known as dextropropoxyphene. The new FDA rules will require a tougher boxed warning on all products containing propoxyphene about the particular danger that the

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