Darvocet and Darvon have been voluntarily recalled at the FDA's request.

[jbeany]

Was this on here earlier some where and I just missed it entirely?  I didn't even realize it was being withdrawn from the market until I heard one of those lawyer's ad fishing for class action suit clients.  It apparently can cause heart rhythm anomalies even in healthy patients on low doses.

Huh.  That might explain a bit about a few odd readings I've gotten on random EKG's that didn't show up on repeated tests.

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm234350.htm

[Chris]

One of my doctors called me back in October to tell me to stop taking it due to the recall. However, I haven't seen that doctor in 2 years and was only given a 10 day supply at the time. That drug doesn't do anything for me, so I never used it. My doctors give me Norco when needed.

[okarol]

I never heard that either! 

[jbeany]

None of my docs called, although technically I'm not taking it any more.  Doesn't mean I don't still have a bottle of it left over from when I was.  Who pitches these things before they expire, right?  You save them in case you sprain an ankle or something totally unrelated to whatever it was originally prescribed for, figuring if it was prescribed once, then it's not going to react with your meds, so it's safe to take.  Maybe not the best idea in the world, but one everybody I know usually does.

Maybe they just don't make much of a fuss when it's a voluntary recall.  But I think something that common ought to have been in a lot more news stories!