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- noun pharmacology A particular
narcotic painkiller .
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The drug is known by the generic names dextropropoxyphene in Europe and propoxyphene in the U.S.
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The problems with co-proxamol stem from the fact that it's very dangerous - the paracatemol does for your liver and the dextropropoxyphene does you by respiratory depression - in overdose.
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The most dangerous thing about Distalgesic was the paracetamol, not the dextropropoxyphene.
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In an interview Thursday, Dr. Abofele Khoele, Adcock Ingram's medical executive, said his drug company is convinced products containing dextropropoxyphene are safe.
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This week, the company lost a court bid to allow doctors to keep prescribing dextropropoxyphene products pending a ruling on the appeal.
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All medicines containing dextropropoxyphene will be withdrawn from the New Zealand market after a review of the safety and efficacy of these medicines showed that their risks outweighed their possible benefits.
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Distalgesic, the prescription-only analgesic compound of paracetamol (325mg) and dextropropoxyphene (32. 5mg) known as co-proxamol in the UK, was withdrawn from the Irish market as of January 2006.
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All medicines containing dextropropoxyphene will be withdrawn from the New Zealand market after a review of the safety and efficacy of these medicines showed that their risks outweighed their possible benefits.
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Convulsions (usually pethidine or dextropropoxyphene) usually respond to IV naloxone without additional anti-convulsant therapy.
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All medicines containing dextropropoxyphene will be withdrawn from the New Zealand market after a review of the safety and efficacy of these medicines showed that their risks outweighed their possible benefits.
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