The US figures are as follows: From 1982 2003 (22 years) US consumed 1 921 915 kg Propoxyphene. It makes 87 360 kg/year. If we compare to Sweden - the years 1982 2003 the consumption in Sweden was 47 170 kg, that makes 2 144 kg every year. The US consumption was 40 times the consumption in Sweden. These 2144 kg every year caused 200 fatal deaths.Could you the say that that number of fatal deaths due to Propoxyphene is 40 times as big in US and in Sweden? Could it be some 8 000 fatal death in US ? What do you think?See further: Darvon, Distalgesic and Co-Proxamol the worst drugs everhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw5O4tgErsgAnd Darvon, Darvocet, Distalgesic and Co-Proxamol (Dextro) Propoxyphenehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Lilly_Controversy#Darvon.2C_Darvocet.2C_Distalgesic_and_Co-Proxamol_.28Dextro.29_Propoxyphene
If 2144kg of Propoxyphene causes 200 deaths that means it takes 10.72kg of Propoxyphene to kill a single person! That is quite a massive amount compared to the LD50 for a lot of drugs which are normally measured in mg, not kg.
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