DARVON

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books on: Darvon  - 92 results

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Katharina Schutz Zell - Vol. 2
Book by Elsie Anne McKee; Brill, 1999
Subjects: Christian Life--Early Works To 1800, Reformation--France--Strasbourg--Biography, Zell, Katharina--1497 Or 8-1562, Zell, Matthaus--1477-1548
...wolten. Schuchtcn auch die boscn menschen/ darvon sy jn sagten/ Aber nit dester mindcr...das sy auch musten inn solcher forcht darvon gan/ als ob sy got nit mocht fur jm...Salo- mon zu horen. Wie wol ich etwas darvon hab gesehen/ nemlich zwey A8vJ buchel...
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Arthritis: A Take Care of Yourself Health Guide for Understanding Your Arthritis
Book by James F. Fries; Perseus Books, 1999
Subjects: Arthritis--Popular Works
...important to treat pain by treating the inflammation that causes the pain. By and large, analgesics such as codeine, Percodan, Darvon, Talwin, or Demerol must be avoided. Rest The proper balance between rest and exercise is an essential part of treatment...
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Wounds of War: The Psychological Aftermath of Combat in Vietnam
Book by Herbert Hendin, Ann Pollinger Haas; Basic Books, 1984
Subjects: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder--United States, Veterans--United States--Psychology, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Psychological Aspects, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--United States
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Drug and Alcohol Abuse: The Authoritative Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Counselors
Book by H. Thomas Milhorn Jr.; Perseus Publishing, 1994
Subjects: Alcoholism--United States--Prevention, Drug Abuse Counseling--United States, Drug Abuse--United States--Prevention, Teenagers--Counseling Of--United States, Teenagers--Drug Use--United States
...example, propoxyphene generic name is called Darvon by one manufacturer and SK-65 by another one. Darvon and SK-65 are trade names. Trade names are...generic name; for example, propoxyphene Darvon, SK-65 . Since illicit drugs are manufactured...
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Nuns as Historians in Early Modern Germany
Book by Charlotte Woodford; Oxford University Press, 2002
Subjects: Historiography--Germany--History--16th Century, Nuns' Writings, Nuns--Germany--History--16th Century--Biography, Women Historians--Germany--History--16th Century--Biography, Women--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500
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journal articles on: Darvon  - 19 results

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End-of-life Family Decision-making from Disclosure of HIV through Bereavement
Journal article by Barbara M. Stewart Rn Phd; Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice, Vol. 8, 1994
...mothers bag of medicines in my drawer and decided to take all the Darvon. He wrote a note to me, the young man he was seeing, his roommates...write more and the pills got to him. They never told me how many Darvon he took, but I found out that he crushed the pills and put them...
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Attachment Behavior and Its Antecedents in Offspring Born to Methadone-Maintained Women
Journal article by Geoff Goodman, Sydney L. Hans; Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, Vol. 28, 1999
Subjects: Child Psychiatry, Child Psychology
...n = 2), marijuana ( n = unknown), Valium ( n = 2), and Darvon ( n = 1), or alcohol ( n = 1). Of the nine heroin users...used both cocaine and Valium. The other Valium user also used Darvon. Thus, almost two thirds ( n = 22) of the methadone-maintained...
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Music of the Gods: Solo Song and Effetti Meravigliosi in the Interludes for la Pellegrina
Journal article by Nina Treadwell; Current Musicology, 2007
Subjects: Bargagli, Girolamo--Works, La Pellegrina (Opera)--Authorship, Music appreciation
...singt ein ainigs weib gar herrlich, darnach zeuchts widerumb darvon, und erscheint auf der anndern seiten ein grosser nebl, der...auch aller Zuseher gemhuet also bewegett mitt ihrem singen das darvon nicht zuschreiben" (Kummel 1970:7-8). (35.) The actual length...
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Estimation of the Prevalence of Substance Use Problems among Nurses Using Capture-recapture Methods
Journal article by Alison M. Trinkoff, Qiuping Zhou, Carla L. Storr; Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 29, 1999
Subjects: Analysis, Drug abuse, Nurses
...illicit drug use (marijuana, hashish, THC, cocaine or crack), and 3) prescription-type drug use minor opiates (e.g., codeine, Darvon), major opiates (e.g., Demerol, Fentanyl), sedative/hypnotics (e.g., Dalmane, Halcion), tranquilizers (e.g., Valium, Ativan...
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The Oxycontin Epidemic and Crime Panic in Rural Kentucky
Journal article by Kenneth D. Tunnell; Contemporary Drug Problems, Vol. 32, 2005
Subjects: Case studies, Crime, Drug abuse, Epidemics, Kentucky, Pharmaceuticals, Rural areas
...community may have contributed inadvertently to drug-abuse problems. During the year 2000, 190 million prescriptions for opioids (Darvon, Vicodin, Dilaudid, Demerol and OxyContin) were filled. About 5.8 million (3%) were for OxyContin (Drug Intelligence Brief 2002...
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magazine articles on: Darvon  - 4 results

 
 
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The Mexican Connection
Magazine article by Linda Bren; FDA Consumer, Vol. 36, March 2002
Subjects: Darvon (Medication)--Transportation, Drug dealers--Cases, Drug traffic--Investigations, Drugs--Transportation, Percodan (Medication)--Transportation, United States. Food and Drug Administration--Investigations
...The agents seized the painkillers Percodan (oxycodone) and Darvon (propoxyphene) and other illegally obtained pharmaceuticals...customers through a separate Web site. In addition to Percodan and Darvon, the stimulant Ritalin (methylphenidate), the tranquilizer Valium...
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Generic Drugs: Cutting Cost, Not Corners
Magazine article by Bill Rados; FDA Consumer, Vol. 19, October 1985
Subjects: Approved Prescription Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations (book)--Publishing, Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, Generic drugs--Economic aspects, SRI International--Reports, United States. Food and Drug Administration--Laws, regulations and rules
...names generally are short and easy to remember. For example, Darvon is Eli Lilly and Co.s brand name for propoxyphene hydrochloride...has become a synonym for the drug itself (for exaple, Valium, Darvon, Dyazide) and to call all other duplicate products generic drugs...
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Letter from Al
Magazine article; National Review, Vol. 52, December 18, 2000
Subjects: Bush, George W.--Humor and anecdotes, Gore, Albert, Jr.--Humor and anecdotes, Presidential candidates--Humor and anecdotes
...vaguely coherent, showing disturbing signs of paranoia. Suggest course of drug treatment, beginning with sedative (Valium, Darvon), ending with Prolax or Serentol. A mix of drugs may be the only way to keep patient stable. CAPITOL HEALTH PROVIDERS, INC...
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Pterodactyls
Magazine article by Nicky Silver; American Theatre, Vol. 11, February 1994
Subjects: American drama--Works, Silver, Nicky--Works
...think theres something caught? TOMMY: I floss. EMMA: Just decay. TOMMY: I think its a wisdom tooth. EMMA: I have some Darvon in my purse. TOMMY: Why? EMMA: I get leg cramps. TOMMY: I never noticed. EMMA: I suffer in silence. Hows your toothache...


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newspaper articles on: Darvon  - 6 results

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Chicago Gem
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 21, 2008
...sublimely by Deanna Dunagan (above), is one of the best plays Ive seen in years. Violet takes a great many pills (Valium, Vicodin, Darvon, Darvocet, etc), and they affect, among other things, her equilibrium. Its as sad as it is hilarious. Ms Dunagan created the...
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Brain Op Liz Told: Cut out the Drugs or You Die!
Newspaper article by Kevin O'Sullivan; The People (London, England), February 23, 1997
Subjects: Taylor, Elizabeth
...from her operation. Since 1991, she has used a total of 11 doctors and had Vicodin prescribed 62 times, Ephedrine 47 times, Darvon 41 times, Valium 39 times, Percocet 21 times, Zoloft 19 times, Rohypnol 17 times, Amprin 11 times and Lithium eight times. Each...
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McLean Doctor Is Indicted in Drug-Distribution Scam
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 26, 2003
...selling the drugs on the black market. The prescribed drugs, the indictment said, included OxyContin, Roxicodone, Percocet, Darvon, Dilaudid, Lortab, methadone, morphine and Seconal. Mr. McNulty said the conspiracy to sell and distribute the drugs began...
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Fence Post
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 8, 2005
Subjects: Willingham, Tyrone
...with the health and well-being of the public. In fact, it is not the first time Lilly has pulled this stunt. It did it with Darvon and with an arthritis drug (I cant recall its name) in the early 1960s when it failed to report that deaths were caused by it...
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Rock's Noise Boy: Lester Bangs Was Not Made for These Times
Newspaper article by Mark Guarino; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 14, 2000
...circumstances of his death, DeRogatis demonstrates the impeccable reporting skills used throughout the book. Bangs was found drugged on Darvon, a drug with a dangerous side effect if misused, but the New York medical examiners vague autopsy report did not indicate how...
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encyclopedia articles on: Darvon  - 2 results

 
 
1.
Darvon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DARVON see analgesic . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Analgesic
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...morphinelike action such as meperidine (Demerol) and propoxyphene (Darvon). Aspirin and other NSAIDs (e.g., acetaminophen , ibuprofen...used in combination, as in Tylenol with codeine and Darvocet (Darvon and acetaminophen). Recently, patient-controlled analgesic techniques...


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