The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
				
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October 19, 1990
                		
                	Dezocine
					
					
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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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