Pentazocine-induced contractures: Dilemma in management

Pentazocine is a commonly used synthetic opioid analgesic for moderate to severe pain secondary to various conditions. Complications of parenteral opioid abuse including localized ulcerations, abscess, indurations, and sclerosis are well-documented. We present a rare case of drug abuse due to pentaz...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Dileep, Gupta, Anil, Sharma, V. P., Yadav, Ganesh, Singh, Arpita, Verma, Ajay Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Drug Watch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4527072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26288482
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.161276
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description Pentazocine is a commonly used synthetic opioid analgesic for moderate to severe pain secondary to various conditions. Complications of parenteral opioid abuse including localized ulcerations, abscess, indurations, and sclerosis are well-documented. We present a rare case of drug abuse due to pentazocine (Fortwin) in a 32-year-old female, who had severe myogenic contractures of her knee joints.
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spelling pubmed-45270722015-08-18 Pentazocine-induced contractures: Dilemma in management Kumar, Dileep Gupta, Anil Sharma, V. P. Yadav, Ganesh Singh, Arpita Verma, Ajay Kumar Indian J Pharmacol Drug Watch Pentazocine is a commonly used synthetic opioid analgesic for moderate to severe pain secondary to various conditions. Complications of parenteral opioid abuse including localized ulcerations, abscess, indurations, and sclerosis are well-documented. We present a rare case of drug abuse due to pentazocine (Fortwin) in a 32-year-old female, who had severe myogenic contractures of her knee joints. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4527072/ /pubmed/26288482 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.161276 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Pentazocine-induced contractures: Dilemma in management
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