- 19
- November
2010
A new study has pushed the FDA to ban the popular painkiller Darvocet/Darvon, which goes by the generic name Propoxyphene. The study reveals that Darvocet "puts patients at risk of abnormal or even fatal heart rythym abnormalities" says John Jenkins FDA director for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. The ban has been along time coming according to "Public Citizen", a public watchdog group who tried to remove the drug in 1978 and again in 2006. Public Citizen's director Sidney Wolfe says, "Due to FDA negligence, at least 1,000 to 2,000 people in the US, have died from using Propoxyphene, since the UK ban was announced".
Comments: 1
1 Comment
Dr Ulf Jonasson
December 12, 2010 at 9:07 AM
Dear Sirs,
We want to add to this text that we have studied the painkilling substance propoxyphene (DXP) since 1993. Now FDA says that ONE NEW STUDY made them stop Darvon. We have informed FDA about our research since 1999-2000, they know about our 9-10 scientific articles about the substance, we also wrote two doctorial dissertations (2000 and 2001) in Sweden.
We are actually the Whistleblowers about the painkilling substance Propoxyphene in the whole world and informed Public Citizen in 2002 and 2003. I personally met with Dr Larry Sasich at Public Citzen i Washington DC and informed the about our research.
Our research was behind the decision in UK, Sweden and The European Union (EU) to stop the drug. Go to this link, http://qjmed.oxfordjournals.org/content/98/3/159.2.full
Our references are nrs 21-26
Ulf Jonasson, Doctor of Public Health
Birgitta Jonasson, PhD
Search Jonasson+Propoxyphene
ulf.jonasson@telia.com
Go to YouTube, Darvon, Distalgeic and Co-Proxamol. The worst drugs ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q92lL4kM-JE
Leave a comment