Darvocet-N 100 - I have been taking darvocet n 100 for as since I was n my late teens after a car?

31 May 2011

like what cet meds you have to be more specific for me to be able to tell you what is available and what's not. PLEASE

31 May 2011

Hey piercinggoddess,

When a drug has the ending "cet" like darvocet or percocet or ultracet that simply means that it contains acetominophen along with the other pain medication. There are many pain medications that contain acetominophen in their formulas. The darvon and darvocet were taken off the market in the US because of heart complications. I'm not clear as to what you are actually allergic to and what your allergic response was so it is difficult to make suggestions. You maybe able to tolerate a morphine-based pain reliever if your allergy was to the codiene-derived meds such as lortab and vicodon. Best to have this situation evaluated by a pain med specialist.

Best wishes,

Laurie

31 May 2011

Hi piercinggoddess, I know that Fiorecet is still available. Hope this helps. Good Luck -Alem

31 May 2011

as far as I know and have heard about the drug Darvocet was completely removed from the market due to some problems that they noted to be caused by this drug, I know how hard it is to find a drug that compares to the Darvocet I have family that has taken it for a long period of time as you said maybe once or twice a week at the most, I think one of the best things you could probably do since you have so many allergies to many different pain medications is to talk with your doctor about the problem that you face and just see if he can't come up with an alternative that you could tolerate. from the experience my family has had they haven't encountered finding an easy replacement that has worked as well for them it is my sincere wish that you are able to locate a medicine that will work for you without the allergic and other side effects. Sorry I haven't been of more help

31 May 2011

I really liked Darocet myself, but it was about the time I was taking it that I developed defib! Glad it's gone off the market. My heart doctor told me I can't have heart surgery because people with Lupus the tissue usually doesn't heal well. Nice, huh...

31 May 2011

The meds that would be most comparable to Darvocet would be either Ultram or Tylenol #3. You said you cannot tolerate Ultram. Can you take Tylenol #3. Like Laurie said above-"cet" meds are just opioids combined with acetaminophen. Lorcet or Norco you would not be able to take if you can't take Lotab or Vicodin because they are all the same drug-hydrocodone. Percocet is quite a jump in strength from Darvocet. So that pretty much leaves you with Tylenol #3 (or acetaminophen and codeine).