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Monday, 31 January 2005 10:39
BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk
Co-proxamol Being Phased Out
The popular pain-killer Co-proxamol is to be phased out with immediate effect.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency banned the drug because of the high number of deaths associated with it.

It is a very effective suicide drug but it is also all to easy to take an accidental overdose. Taking only a couple of extra tablets can affect the cardio-vascular and respiratory systems leading to cardiac and respiratory arrest.

Patients taking the drug are advised to consult their GP when their next prescription is due. Co-proxamol will no longer be available within 18 months time.


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Comment from Anonymous Visitor
But they work when used as they should be. What will replace them?
01 February 2005, 16:44
Comment from Anonymous Visitor
these tablets really do, work for arthritis pain and do not cause stomach trouble as most other pain killers do, people have been useing this drug for 30-40 yrs it is unfair for everyone to suffer because of a few irrisponsibe people, its the nanny state again sticking its nose in...disgusted.
09 February 2005, 14:56
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