Dextropropoxyphene
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Oct 8, 2026
Gina VitaleHOST
Yeah.
Bri BarbuGUEST
The example that they gave in the, uh, prize announcement this morning were these two drugs made by Lilly in, in the '60s or '70s, Darvon, which is a painkiller, and Novrad, which is a cough medicine, and it's just the two mirror image forms.
Gina VitaleHOST
Mm-hmm.
Bri BarbuGUEST
The other really famous example is thalidomide, also from, like, the '50, '60s-
Bri BarbuGUEST
Mm-hmm
Gina VitaleHOST
... which is really important for things like thalidomide, where one version of that drug is helpful and one version of that drug is really harmful.
Gina VitaleHOST
I also just wanna note, because it's really funny, the two drugs you mentioned, Darvon and Novrad, those are the same names spelled backwards.
Gina VitaleHOST
[laughs]
Jimmy BuffettSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And if I don't die by Thursday, I'll be roaring Friday night.
Jimmy BuffettSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Got to get a little orange juice and a Darvon for my head.
Jimmy BuffettSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Can't spend all day, baby, laying in the bed.
Jimmy BuffettSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm going down to Fousto's, get some chocolate milk.
Tyler BranchHOST
Dr.
Tyler BranchHOST
Stone, he's given Klonopin to Liz and Darvon to Debbie.
Tyler BranchHOST
I looked up what Darvon was.
Tyler BranchHOST
It was like an opioid that they would just give people for just not feeling great.
Tyler BranchHOST
Oh, wow.
Scott T.GUEST
And he was in AA.
Scott T.GUEST
So what is AA? You know? He was still doing the old drugs, Darvon, Librium, stuff like that, and, and drinking.
Scott T.GUEST
And, uh, you know, here I am not understanding what AA is, um, thinking that my case is different, uh, not understanding that even at a young age I was in an absolute fight for my life.
Scott T.GUEST
You know, that alcohol was gonna rob every goal, dream, aspiration, the things I did, the thing I wanted to become, and that there was gonna be a terrible price to pay.