Darvocet Heart Arrhythmia Risk Faced by Millions Over the Decades

Darvocet combines Darvon (propoxyphene) and Tylenol (acetaminophen), and it was one of the most popular painkillers prescribed in the United States before it was recalled.  However, the FDA determined that the risk of serious injury or Darvocet death outweigh any potential benefit it may provide when compared to the use of over-the-counter painkillers. Most argue, now, that the Darvon and Darvocet recall came decades too late for thousands of people who suffered and died due to this drug. In 1957 the FDA approved propoxyphene ,