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My Dad is taking Tramadol in place of Darvocet. He took Darvocet for 20 years no side effects, now he is taking Tramadol and is good for pain but his blood pressure is going high and he has arrythmia and terrible depression. I think this pill has problem working with Paxil, Atenolol, Norvasc and Digoxin and should not be given together or adjusted. Why are doctors not aware of this and what else could he or should he be taking? Confused and upset! I f Darvocet cause heart attacks then why could he take it for 20 years without problems and now with Tramadol the safe one he's having all these troubles.

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McNeil must own the FDA, banning darvon/darvocet/sk65 whatever, which gave me quality of life and not one single side effect....ver, but acetaminophen which is the #1 cause of acute liver failure in this country, is not only legal...its in everything! no wonder there were all the tylenol murders in the....what was it? the 70's....anyway tylenol NEEDS to be banned, stop buying it, but it has become such a trusted family liver toxin people wont listen, like the fda, they are responsible for so much death, but money is the factor isn't it. How hard would i be, for an experienced chemist to just make it, to hell w/ fda, its gotta be available somewhere in the world. THNX 4 THE Poison fda, u took darvon off the market cuz it worked, and had aged in the face of all the nightmare toxins (new kids on the block and billions of $$$) were not all stupid americans, TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK!!! BAN THE FDA!!!!

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I used to take Darvocet all the time for my fibromyalgia and it worked like a dream! So, When I was to renew it of course it was discontinued witmy asmazment! They put me on Tramadol which worked for a while but as time it quit working and now I'm left with other pain meds that doesn't work!!!!!!

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I cannot for the life of me understand, all of us that used Darvocet and had no problems, no one or organization cannot stand up to the FDA to get our Darvocet back--the millions of people left in pain, and there just giving a blind eye to the whole thing. It is like the world just stopped--all we do is go from one site to another to complain. I cannot take any other pain med but Darvocet-I get very sick--I just don't understand how the government can keep running over us like this. Will some one come forward and take them on--it has been done before--look how many people would be behind them--our petition didn't do s***. What about these groups that argue against the government--because they are doing the people wrong

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I have intermittent back pain and cannot take other narcotics. Since Darvocet with withdrawn, the only withdrawal symptom I experienced was an ULCER from taking too much Ibuprofen for my pain. I'd love to know how to LEGALLY get darvocet again. I never took it every day, but when I needed relief, it was a GODSEND. Now, I face the rest of my life in pain... because I can't take most NSAIDS (aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen) due to the ulcer risk and Tylenol doesn't do anything for my pain in safe doses. I can't take most antidpressants without my world heaving all the time and the inability to think straight (these are given as pain killer substitutes). I can't take other narcotics, they make me sick to the stomach, don't give much pain relief and make me 'loopy'...

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I had been on Darvocet for nearly 30 yrs because of a shattered femur and complex regional pain syndrome. Studies in England suggested that Darvocet was no better than aspirin or tylenol for treating pain. However, like most of you, Darvocet alieved the my pain. In my reading, it seems that Darvocet is a derivative of Methadone and it works better than Darvocet. My wife takes Methadone for her arthritis but I don't. Instead I have found that pentazocine naxalone (Talwin nx which is a schedule 4 controlled substance works well for me). Doctors are more willing to prescribe it rather than other narcotics because it has naxalone so that It can't be dissolved and injected by addicts. However the small amount of naxalone in pentazocine is digested it the stomach without messing up the pain relieving function. Hence, there is little chance of abuse.

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I completely agree. Darvocet was perfect. If u find something that works as well.. Please post

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Omg I feel your pain. I bet you can get Darvocet in Africa or India, or Mexico. Not here, we have very cruel government control.

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Gosh, I was just checking out Darvon hoping I would b able to request it from my dr. I did not know it was taken off the market. My mom used both Darvon & darvocet for 40 some yrs for her R.A. pain, no problems at all. Darvon was the only thing that took away my neck & migraine pain. Nothing out now a days stays working & the feds have the drs. afraid to give u what u need. U R ready to bite the bullet as u just cant take it any more, no quality of life.

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My 92 year old mother took Darvocet only when she needed it for chronic back pain....her spine is terribly crooked. But the pain would come and go, so she only took a pill when she felt it coming on. Then it was taken off the market and she is suffering greatly and is almost entirely bed bound. Other medications have been prescribed, but nothing takes the pain away like Darvocet did. Is there anything out there strong enough to do the job? Thanks!!

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Darvocet was the only med I could depend on for handling my arthritis pain--and even prevent it from coming on as long as I took it at the first warning twinges. I am taking Vicodin and its relative Norco with less effect and stronger formulas. My body gets accustomed to these drugs very quickly and they become almost ineffective. I didn't have this problem with Darvocet. I took Darvocet for at least 15 yrs. without problem. Tramadol is totally ineffective for me.. .

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Miss darvocet term a dog does not work it just gives me headaches and makes me nauseated there is a barbiturate on the prescription regiment that does work it's called Fioricet. It's mainly designed to help migraine headaches but it does help me with my back with a combination of muscle relaxers!!! But there's nothing on the market that was like darvocet

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I'm giving up a LOT of very precios time I have left to do just that...BUT I CANNOT GET ANY ORGANIZED Solidarity behind me!!!!

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It made it possible for me to work too. i have been on disability now for a long time as everything else just makes me drasy or just doesn't cover the pain. I had a good routine going there with Darvocet. I don't know who benefitted by taking this off the market but I am sure that a lot of people are now burdening the government by not working that used to be able to with this drug. Makes no sense. I was just as infuriated when they took my asthma inhaler off the market supposedly for "ozone reason." HAHAHA the substitute was garbage and no one was breathing when attacks occured. But SOMETHING happened there. After anout 9 months or so, we got out inhalers back like Ventolin that will kill the ozone layer all by themselves. The cost went up a billion percent, but we got it. Ayone know what happened there and if the same method cN be applied for darvocet? I'm on a low dosage of methadone, it's weak. I've tried the patch, it was filled with side effects my body couldn't handle (like low blood pressure making me collapse, and now I take 10 mcg of oxycodone but I can't take it at night cuz it keeps me up! And it's not as good as darvocet imo. My doc wants to try tramadol but that drug looks way too scary. Don't need anyother drug that comes with serious withdrawals if you want to get off of it, as well as depression considering i finally got off my ssri and don't want to chance thiings.

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Hello I'm Kenneth and it might be somewhat helpful but when taking meds everyone is different myself been on darvocet and tramadol and it only hurt me by eating my stomach lining up so for a year i had to watch what i eat and drink i also use to drink alcohol some to but that had to stop so I'm still sober now but id get a lowdose painmed minus the 325mg of Tylenol just a med like roxycodone 5mg to a 30mg but they might not be able to handle opiates but they should be able to take it cause tramadol is a low dose opiate. I'm not sure on darvocet but I'm sure it is in the percocet family now a lot of ppl are against this one drug that is safer than alcohol cigarettes an pain meds its been proved to help save lives, stop cancer cells in there tracks, and helps about every pain issue with a persons body and that's medical cannabis. I'm not a big cannabis fan but if i had a choice between medical cannabis id take it i have tried it and it does work great with no withdrawls or bad side effects - one exception, you will eat more than you normally would but that also differs from one persion to another hope this helps a little thanks Ken

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I have had many back surgeries and was on the duragesic patch and taking hydrocodone at the same time. The pain was very intense and was on it for quite a while. I had problems with remembering things and became a little foggy in remembering where I went.I told my doctor that I no longer wanted to be on hydrocodone so he switched me to darvocet. It was perfect no problems only enough pain relief as needed and no side effects whatsoever. I do not like to take medication, but darvocet was right on the money. They took it off the market and I tried over the counter Tylenol for a while but all it did was messed up my stomach so I stop taking everything altogether. At this point I have decided not to take anything at all that way I don't have to beyond any medication and know exactly how I feel at all times.I would be very interested however when I do have bad days what kind of medication other people have tried that works as well as darvocet.

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I still have a half a bottle of darvocet I itch on all other pain pills but darvocet and I severe back pain so when I'm at my worst I take it they need to bring it back had darvocet in my 20s I'm 58 now don't have any heart problems all pills have causes of this and that I need my darvocet and when I'm out I'll have to and my life I'm that bad

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@Ms. Peacock-
Tramadol Doesn't work for me either. Have been on Darvocet for 7 years, switched to Tramadol, and it increased my seizures.

@Pam- Lortab, OxyContin, Percocet.

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I agree. I have rx's not good for stomach but still prescribed. Darvocet worked great without issues. In pain every day need something better than trampoline. Probably a money thing.

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In response to question about how long my Dad took Darvocet, he took it for over 20 years. Yes, he stopped abruptly since we were not warned when it happened and funny that you say it caused cardiac problems, when he had cardiac problems prior to using Darvocet and it seems to have never caused him any problems except taking away his pain. Right now he's doing the best he can with Tylenol arthritis formula in the morning and Tramadol at night, since it makes him sleepy and has resulted so-so for pain. So far his mood has stabilized and he has gotten use to Tramadol only once a day. Thanks for the info, but still upset with pulling of Darvocet.

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Re: Jim (# 31) Expand Referenced Message

3-400 deaths a year??? I wonder if that includes intentional suicides or acute liver failure due to acetaminophen toxicity? They have a way of 'skewing' these stats to make them seem authentic; besides 3-400 for anything is low, especially when the darvocet brand was loaded with...acetaminophen, look it up. That s*** should be banned. Not propoxyphene.

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