On November 19, 2010, , an opioid medication approved to relieve pain. The FDA has also informed the generic manufacturers of propoxyphene-containing products of Zanodyne"s decision and requested that they voluntarily remove their products as well. The FDA made the decision to recommend a recall of the drug from the US market after a recent study showed that it causes potentially serious and even fatal heart-related side effects, such as abnormal heart rhythms. In fact, a recent study confirmed that propoxyphene causes signficant changes to … [Read more...]