"Pentazocine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The first mixed agonist-antagonist analgesic to be marketed. It is an agonist at the kappa and sigma opioid receptors and has a weak antagonist action at the mu receptor. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1991, p97)
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D010423
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.132.577.249.106.700 D04.615.723.795.106.700
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pentazocine" by people in Profiles.
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Extensive calcinosis as a late complication of pentazocine injections: response to therapy with steroids and aluminum hydroxide. Arch Dermatol. 1991 Oct; 127(10):1591-2.
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Splenoportovenography in portal hypertension: a safe outpatient procedure. Can Assoc Radiol J. 1990 Jun; 41(3):146-8.
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A method of identifying narcotic analgesics in human urine after therapeutic doses. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1970 Jan; 16(1):186-93.