Current concepts in drug therapy. No. 10. Pentazocine "Sosegon" "Talwin" "Fortral" (Winthrop).
1973
UI
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D010423
Pentazocine
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)