AboutDr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi Expertise I can provide information on drugs and medicines, their actions, uses, interactions and adverse effects. To avoid confusion, generic names of
medicines may please be provided. I am a pharmacologist, having worked
on animal and human pharmacology, and presently I am the Dean of Bilcare Research Academy, where we teach courses on clinical research. We dont work on saturdays and sundays, hence questions reachng me on these days will be replied on Monday, please bear with me.
Question I was taking Darvocet for severe abdominal pain and noticed my palms and feet began to itch. After taking it for another day, I have begun to itch all over and the last pill I took was 8 hours ago and I am still itching. Is this normal and how long will this Darvocet stay in my system?
Answer Hi Angela,
I think you have an allergic reaction. It would take upto 24 or 48 hours to subside. Darvocet levels half every 6 hours, so it would take about 48 hours for the levels to go down to stop the reaction. In the mean time you could take an antihistamine like cetirizine. Also make a note not to take Darvocet again, because you might experience the same reaction.
Ravi Ghooi
