ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 January 1974
Page Count: 9

Incidence of Propoxyphene Poisoning: A Report of Fatal Cases
Nakamura, GR
Head toxicologist, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner, Calif.

Shaw, RF
Chief toxicologist, Office of the Coroner, Calif.

Cravey, RH
Chief toxicologist, Office of the Sheriff-Coroner, Calif.

(Received 5 March 1973; accepted 28 June 1973)

Abstract

Propoxyphene hydrochloride, since its introduction in late 1957, has become a widely prescribed drug because of its presumed efficacy as an equivalent to narcotics and its low incidence of side effects. Miller [1], based on his critical review of the drug, found that dextropropoxyphene is ironically “no more effective than aspirin or codeine and may even be inferior to those analgesics” although more prescriptions for dextropropoxyphene were dispensed in this country in 1969 than for any other drug.

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Paper ID: JFS10072J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10072J
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