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Associated Press
Tue, July 07, 2009
FDA Orders Stronger Warnings for Darvocet
Associated PressTue, July 07, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration's action Tuesday means that patients soon will receive a special pamphlet with every bottle that stresses the risk. Consumer-health advocates have linked the 50-year-old drug to hundreds of deaths, from suicide and accidental overdoses.
The prescription-only drug also is known by its generic name propoxyphene. It's considered a weak pain reliever yet is commonly prescribed.
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