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The FDA said it would require pain pills commonly known as Darvon and Darvocet to carry the agency’s toughest boxed warning discussing the risk of fatal overdose, but rejected calls for the products to be removed from the market.

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fda.gov — “The u.s. food and drug administration is taking several actions to reduce the risk of overdose in patients using pain medications such as darvon and darvocet that contain propoxyphene. the actions were taken because of data linking propoxyphene and fatal overdoses.View full resource at fda.gov

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