The prescription-only drug also is known by its generic name propoxyphene.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference

Companies manufacturing generic versions of the drug, known as propoxyphene, will also removing their products, the FDA said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Painkiller Darvon pulled because of risk to heart] Reference

Overdose Warning for Pain Drug propoxyphene propoxyphene, which is sold generically and under the brand names Darvon and Darvocet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

Millions of prescriptions are written for propoxyphene each year.    From Wordnik.com.  [FDA strengthens overdose warnings for painkiller Darvon] Reference

Many doctors on the panel questioned how well propoxyphene worked.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stronger Warnings Ordered for Painkillers] Reference

More than 22 million prescriptions were written for propoxyphene products in 2007.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steer clear of painkiller Darvon] Reference

A spokeswoman for Eli Lilly said the company sold the rights to propoxyphene in 2002.    From Wordnik.com.  [Europe Regulator Advises Ban on Painkiller] Reference

The drug is known by the generic names dextropropoxyphene in Europe and propoxyphene in the U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [Europe Regulator Advises Ban on Painkiller] Reference

Public Citizen also said the network reported 2,110 accidental deaths related to propoxyphene over the same period.    From Wordnik.com.  [Panel Urges Darvon Ban] Reference

Later, the company combined propoxyphene with another pain ingredient, acetaminophen, and sold the pill as Darvocet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stronger Warnings Ordered for Painkillers] Reference

& Co., which later combined propoxyphene with acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, and sold that pill as Darvocet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Panel Urges Darvon Ban] Reference

The FDA said it is sending letters to other makers of propoxyphene to request they also remove the products from the U.S. market.    From Wordnik.com.  [Drug Maker Agrees to Withdraw Pain Pills From Market] Reference

More than 20 million prescriptions were written in 2007 for products containing propoxyphene, the active ingredient in Darvon, according to the FDA.    From Wordnik.com.  [Panel Urges Darvon Ban] Reference

Give the prohibitionist an opioid like propoxyphene/tylenol.    From Wordnik.com.  [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference

Yet another painkiller, propoxyphene, was the target of FDA action on Tuesday.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

(Percocet, Percodan, Roxicet, and Tylox); pentazocine (Talwin); propoxyphene (Darvon).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chicago Reader] Reference

The study found that 2 million in the sample had prescriptions for a propoxyphene-containing product.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

Among 1.8 million in the sample who were taking opioids daily, 175,000 were using a propoxyphene product.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

The FDA also denied a petition from the group Public Citizen requesting a phased withdrawal of propoxyphene.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking News: CBS News] Reference

If the respiratory acidosis diamox isn't released gradually, the propoxyphene of your neurosurgeons could increase.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wii-volution] Reference

The five most common ones were promethazine, ketorolac, propoxyphene, meperidine, and diphenhydramine; and two of these.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

Debra Weiner, M.D., a geriatrician at the University of Pittsburgh, said propoxyphene would not be missed in her practice.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

As examples, she cites recent FDA actions on acetaminophen, the low-potency opioid propoxyphene, and high-potency opioids such as.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

The agency Tuesday denied a petition from the public interest group Public Citizen requesting a phased withdrawal of propoxyphene.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Money Times - finance news, lifestyle, markets, investment, personal finance, banking, retirement planning] Reference

The FDA panel recommended that propoxyphene be withdrawn gradually in recognition of the large number of patients who are dependent on it.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

Most popular is Darvocet or its generic equivalent, which combines the narcotic propoxyphene with the more common painkiller acetaminophen.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

A phased withdrawal of propoxyphene is under way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Drug Maker Agrees to Withdraw Pain Pills From Market] Reference