With the potential to surpass the $4.85 billion dollar in settlements that Vioxx cases paid, the Darvon Lawsuits have been growing exponentially in number since the United States Food and Drug Administration banned all products containing propoxyphene in November 2010. There is however a secondary debate since the ban of propoxyphene which is arguing if the FDA actions came too late.
The argument for some is that the drug manufacturers had to know early on that a propoxyphene drug; (which includes Darvon and Darvocet) had potentially fatal side effects. It was in 1978, three years after Darvocet gained FDA approval, that a study showed that 1,002 autopsies found traces of the drug and in more than 65 percent of the cases propoxyphene was name as the cause of death or a major contributor of it. A study made just three years after Darvocet gained approval showed that 1,002 autopsies found traces of the drug and in more than 65 percent of the cases propoxyphene was name as the cause of death or a major contributor of it. The 2006 petition to ban propoxyphene of Public Citizen cannot be ignored as well, this petition presented data indicating that between 1981 and 2002, the drug caused more than 7,000 deaths in the United States alone
The FDA did not call for the ban of propoxyphene until the independent study done by Xanodyne showed that Darvon and Darvocet can potentially cause fatal heart rhythm abnormalities in healthy patients at prescribed doses. This caused the FDA to come under fire from many advocate groups like Public Citizen. The FDA is not the only party that came under fire after the ban, propoxyphene’s manufacturers, including original formulator Eli Lilly and current distributor Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, have also been criticized for failing to voluntarily include stronger warnings on packages of Darvon and Darvocet about the risks of potentially dangerous cardiac side effect.
Even though the information about the dangers of propoxyphene drugs, like Darvon and Darvocet, and their side effects have been known for decades to drug manufacturers, no real warning was given to the consumers and the drug still stayed on the market. The blame can be distributed to both the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the drug distributors for not calling for the ban earlier and for not warning the consumers about the dangers of the drug with stronger warning labels, since they are bound by law to warn of the dangers of any ingredient contained in their product.
If you or someone you know has been injured by the consumption of Darvon and Darvocet, there is a good chance that you will be able to retrieve just compensation. For more information on Darvon Lawsuits feel Free to visit the Darvon Lawsuit main site.
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