No more Darvon for U.S. market: FDA

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No more Darvon for U.S. market: FDA

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The company that makes the highly popular narcotic painkiller Darvon has pulled the drug from the market because it can cause fatal heart rhythms, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.

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