I Just Took An Old Darvocet Pill - Am I Going To Die?
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Omg...I had no clue darvocet was removed off the market....I had an old script from 4 yrs ago....I had teeth extracted 3 days ago and I am in extreme pain...I took one of the darvocet.... Now im terrified it's going to kill me.

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Re: LSUMOM (# 3)

Completely agree! Quite knowledgeable.

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That script was 7 years old :) There is a long line of bloggers that would like to get them today

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The cardiac risk was overstated. Conclusion: take as prescribed.

Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety 2013, Published in the Wiley Library. DOI: 10.1002/pds.3411

Propoxyphene and the risk of out-of-hospital death

ABSTRACT:

Purpose - The opioid analgesic propoxyphene was withdrawn from the US market in 2010, motivated by concerns regarding fatality in overdose and adverse cardiac effects, including prolongation of the QT interval. These concerns were based on case reports, summary vital statistics, and surrogate endpoint studies.

Methods - Using the linked Tennessee Medicaid database (1992–2007), we conducted a retrospective cohort study that compared risk of sudden cardiac, medication toxicity, and total out-of-hospital death for propoxyphene users with that for comparable nonusers of any prescribed opioid analgesic and users of hydrocodone, an opioid with similar indications. Cohort members had 1 873 500 propoxyphene prescriptions, 1 873 500 matched nonuser control periods, and 936 750 matched hydrocodone prescriptions.

Results - Current propoxyphene users had no increased risk for sudden cardiac death (versus nonusers: hazard ratio [HR] = 1.00 [0.81–1.23]; versus current hydrocodone users: HR= 0.91 [0.68–1.21]) but did have increased risk for medication toxicity deaths (versus nonusers: HR= 1.85 [1.07–3.19], p = 0.027; versus current hydrocodone users: HR= 2.10 [0.87–5.10], p = 0.100). Because toxicity deaths were a small proportion of study deaths, total out-of-hospital mortality differed by less than 10% between the study groups and was not significantly elevated for propoxyphene (versus nonusers: HR = 1.09 [0.95–1.25]; versus current hydrocodone users: HR = 1.06 [0.87–1.29]).

Conclusions - Our findings support the concern that propoxyphene has greater toxicity in overdose but do not provide evidence that it increases the risk of sudden cardiac death. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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I would have to respectfully disagree with the comment from Verwon about NSAIDs and Ibuprofens being as well treating moderate pain as Darvocet. The other drugs cause stomach problems when taken for long periods of time versus Darvocet. I had two teeth extracted, bone graft and two implants over two weeks ago and have been in nagging pain every since. I'm fortunate to have some Ketoprofen (Orudis) to take but it's an NSAID, too, and I have to be careful when taking. Narcotic pain medicine doesn't help and the oral surgeon called in a prescription for an antiinflamatory drug which my insurance wouldn't cover and it was going to cost me $1,000, unbelievable! The pharmacist said it was just 800 mg. ibuprofen with 26 mg. of Pepcid so now when I take my Ketoprofen (which also now has been discontinued), I take a 20 mg. OTC Pepcid to prevent stomach problems. The big pharmaceutical companies are the ones causing all these good drugs to be taken off the market as they weren't making enough money from them and can make drugs like the one my surgeon called in which people can't afford. This is a racket and something needs to be done to bring back Darvocet. Why should people have to take narcotics which cause additions and don't do anything but "mask" the pain?

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Mickey is correct, it wasn't killing people when they took one pill.

What it was doing was causing cardiac damage and issues, however, they were also reversible in most cases, once the drug was discontinued.

You should dispose of them though, to make sure you don't take any in the future.

And for most dental extractions, a simple NSAID, such as Ibuprofen is enough to relieve the pain and swelling, unless your doctor or dentist has instructed you not to use them.

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no u won't die...the fda removed the drug due to higher rates of heart problems...it is as safe now as it was 4 yrs ago.

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