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Some symptoms or adverse reactions are fairly common among Darvocet (propoxyphene and acetaminophen) patients. During clinical trials, these included:

• Dizziness
• Sedation
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Constipation
• Abdominal pain
• Skin rashes
• Lightheadedness
• Headache
• Euphoria
• Unhappy moods
• Hallucinations
• Minor visual disturbances

Symptoms that appeared after the drug was on the market included:

• Completed suicide
• Accidental and intentional overdose
• Drug dependence
• Cardiac arrest
• Coma
• Drug toxicity
• Drug infectiveness
• Nausea
• Respiratory arrest
• Heart and respiratory arrest
• Death
• Vomiting
• Dizziness
• Convulsion
• Confusion
• Diarrhea

Other Darvocet side effects that were noted after it was on the market included the following:

• Heart disorders, including rhythm problems, cardiac or respiratory arrest, congestive heart failure and heart attack
• Psychiatric disorders, including abnormal behavior, confusion, hallucinations, mental status change and anxiety
• Disorders of the nervous system including problems walking, dizziness, sleepiness, coma
• Swelling of eyes or blurred vision
• Drug interaction
• Flu-type illness
• Withdrawal symptoms
• Bleeding of the gastrointestinal tract
• Acute pancreatitis
• Liver disorders
• Hypersensitivity
• Hip fracture
• Multiple drug overdose
• Decreased blood pressure
• Elevated or abnormal heart rate
• Metabolic and nutrition disorders
• Respiratory depression
• Rash
• Itch
• Kidney disease

As indicated above, the symptoms can affect almost all of the body's organs as well as cause psychiatric disorders.

Heart Symptoms Lead to Darvocet Recall

The gravest problems associated with Darvocet were heart rhythm abnormalities caused by the drug's effect on the electrical system of the heart. These abnormalities can be severe enough to cause death.

Due to the connection to heart rhythm abnormalities leading to death, Darvocet was recalled from the market in November 2010. The drug had had a checkered history. Physicians, patients, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as well as the equivalent agencies in Britain and Europe had all found fault with Darvocet at one time or another.

Before the FDA recalled Darvocet from the market on Nov. 19, 2010, it was a controversial drug. An FDA advisory committee previously had had a split vote (14 to 12) on whether to keep the drug on the market. The United Kingdom had banned Darvocet six years ago. Dr. Sidney Wolfe, of the Public Citizen's Health Research Group, called the U.S. withdrawal too little too late.

"Due to FDA negligence, at least 1,000 to 2,000 or more people in the United States have died from using propoxyphene," Dr. Wolfe said.

Contact a Darvocet Lawyer

If you or someone you love has had serious problems while taking the pain medication, contact our Darvocet attorneys for legal help. You might be eligible to seek a financial recovery for your injury and loss.

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