Gcrxman Says:
Will they be removing Darvocet off the market ? I think it is stupid to do so. If it is taken off, then another will become the drug of choice for overdosing,so on and so on. it is the acetomenphen that kills, a toxic dose is around 4 G,,It would take around 8 tablet of Darvocet with 650 mg of acetomenaphen to reach this level.
Actually because your metabolism cannot digest darvocet as fast as other pain reliever just 6 pill can kill you and it is because of propoxypene that this happens it is a very dangerous drug that only help very few people. Most people who OD on this drug are not doing on purpose. Taking just 2 pill at 100-650mg in a short amount of time slows the heart rate and makes it harder to breath falling asleep after doing so can be fatal.
There is a bill in place from the FDA that is trying to get passed to ban it and so far it looks like it will happen. The drug is just to dangerous. Dr.'s are giving it to their young patients to help them from getting addicted to other pain meds like vicodin. once the patient takes it and realizes that it is not working that good they take more and that is when an accidental OD happens. This medication is really only effective in the elderly because they are more suspetible to the effects. Because of the trend Dr.'s have created and the risk they are putting their patients in it would be more usefull to ban it and use safer drugs. The alternative to Darvocet and Darvon is Ultram aslo called Tramadol. It works just as good for mild to moderate pain and is less dangerous so it is not like people will have no other option that harder pain meds.
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