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Brand Name: Darvocet Generic,Darvon.
Generic Name: Propoxyphene and Acetaminophen
Generic Darvocet Precautions
When you visit your physician for treatment, give the doctor your entire medical history: any diseases you have had, if there are any known allergies [especially to Acetaminophen, Propoxyphene, Sulfite or any other drugs], all the medicines you take [including prescription and OTC], as well as all the nutritional supplements and herbal products you use.
In particular, let the treating doctor know if you have suffered from:
- psychological problems [depression, suicidal ideation, psychosis]
- drug dependency
- cirrhosis of the liver [due to alcohol]
- asthma
- serious head or brain injury
- epilepsy
- hypothyroidism
- enlarged prostate
- urinary retention.
In addition, let the physician know if you consume alcohol regularly, for habitual drinking linked with Acetaminophen intake can cause serious damage to your liver, so if you take this medicine, it is recommended that you avoid partaking of alcohol/alcoholic beverages.
Inform your physician and pharmacist if you are taking Acetaminophen in any other formulation, or anti-coagulants [blood-thinning medicines], anti-depressants, sedatives, seizure medications, tranquilizers, sleeping pills, any medicines to cure allergies/cold/cough, or any vitamin supplements.
Before going in for any kind of surgery, even if it is dental surgery, you must inform the surgeon/dentist that you are taking Propoxyphene and Acetaminophen.
Intake of Darvocet can bring about unusual results in some urine tests, so when you go for a laboratory test, inform the doctor that you are taking Darvocet.
As Darvocet causes drowsiness, elderly people on this regimen have to be monitored, while those who drive or use machinery or perform hazardous tasks, should refrain from such activities, until they know how the medicine affects them and are sure they can handle it.
If you are sitting or lying down and want to get up, to avoid feeling dizzy, you should get up very slowly.
It is considered unlikely that Acetaminophen can harm a fetus, but Propoxyphene is suspected to be capable of causing addiction and withdrawal symptoms in the unborn or newly-born baby.Pregnant women or lactating mothers should not take Darvocet unless their gynaecologist/physician advises them to do so.
It is recommended that patients do not take this medicine longer than prescribed for, nor increase the dose. Try not to miss a dose; if you do, try to catch up with the missed dose, but if time for the next dose is approaching, skip the missed dose, and follow your normal dosing pattern.
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