"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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Oral ciramadol: a new analgesic for postoperative pain. J Clin Pharmacol. 1986 Feb; 26(2):111-4.