The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE 829
ISSUE 829
October 19, 1990
Issue 829
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Dezocine
October 19, 1990 (Issue: 829)
Dezocine (Dalgan - Astra), a new synthetic opioid agonist/antagonist structurally related to pentazocine (Talwin), was recently approved for parenteral use as an analgesic by the US Food and Drug Administration.
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