Isabelle Says:
I understand Darvocet may be taken off the market because of related deaths due to overdoseage and depression leading to suicide.
I can fully understand these reasons, but I think we must look further. A medication that provides little to no relief of pain, such as Darvocet, may lead to depression and suicide may be the only way to stop the pain for some individuals. I understand this, I am contemplating suicide if I cannot get relief for the pain I have due to what may be a compressed cervical nerve root.
Overdosage may not be related solely to the desire for the sense of euphoria, but to the desire for pain relief.
I developed pain from T-1 across my left scapula and radiating down my left arm, with severe muscle spasms - at times it looks like someone stluffed an egg under my skin. I am a home health nurse and work from my car, the pain is particularly excruciating when I am driving, bending over, sitting or doing anything at all - there is no relief and Darvocet, which has been prescribed to me to be taken 1 every 12 hours is a joke, to say the least. I am starting to feel as though I may have to take to the streets to find medication that will provide me with pain relief - I never thought as an RN I would have these thoughts.
Darvocet should be banned and physicians need to stop writing prescriptions for this useless medication. If a physician does not want to treat a patient for pain then he/she should refer the patient to another doctor or pain management center. I have written to the FDA and provided them with my thoughts. I hope to see this drug banned very soon.
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