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Pentazocine is an analgesic used to treat moderate to severe pain. The first mixed agonist-antagonist analgesic to be marketed.
- Mechanism
- Curator reviewed
The preponderance of evidence suggests that pentazocine antagonizes the opioid effects by competing for the same receptor sites, especially the opioid mu receptor.
- Primary indication
- For the relief of moderate to severe pain.Curator reviewed · 7 structured indications
- Formula / weight
- C19H27NO · 285.431 g/mol (avg)
- First approval
- Canada, 2000 · United States, 1982
- Code names
- CS 350 · NIH 7958 · Win 20228
Resolves to
Clinical / RWD
Structure
InChIKey
VOKSWYLNZZRQPF-UHFFFAOYSA-NSMILESCC1C2CC3=C(C=C(O)C=C3)C1(C)CCN2CC=C(C)CTransporters
What you can answer from here — as of September 25, 2026
3Protein targetsEach mapped to UniProt, with action and pharmacological action
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1TransporterSubstrate / inhibitor direction, not just membership
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