The Food and Drug Administration recently asked that the popular painkillers Darvon and Darvocet be removed from the U.S. marketplace. Mehul Desai, M.D., assistant professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, says that there are many better options for pain relief.
Popular Painkillers Taken off the Market
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