After debate as to whether medications like Darvocet and Darvon (which contain propoxyphene) should stay on the market, available to U.S. consumers, the FDA has decided to leave them available by prescription, as before. The only changes to be made are that the manufacturers are to add a boxed warning, which warns users of the potential side effects and complications from using the medications.
Interestingly, countries in the European Union will be banning these medications and they have already been banned in the United Kingdom.
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