Co-proxamol
Co-proxamol (BAN, also coproxamol) is a combination of the analgesics dextropropoxyphene (an opioid) and paracetamol.
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) decided in 2005 to withdraw co-proxamol from the market following advice from the Committee on Safety of Medicines (CSM) that co-proxamol is little more effective than paracetamol alone as an analgesic, but that it was associated with higher fatality rates if a drug overdose were intentionally or inadvertently taken. The decision provoked some outcry from long-term users of the drug.
References
- “Suicide painkiller withdrawn”. The Times. January 31, 2005.
- “Painkiller scrapped over suicides”. BBC News. January 31, 2005.
- “Co-proxamol to be withdrawn from the market”. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. 31 January 2005.
- “Withdrawal of co-proxamol”. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. 17 January 2007.
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