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Systematic (IUPAC) name | |
(5R,11S)- 13-amino- 5-methyl- 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12-octahydro- 5,11-methanobenzo[10]annulen- 3-ol | |
Clinical data | |
AHFS/Drugs.com | Micromedex Detailed Consumer Information |
Pregnancy cat. | ? |
Legal status | ? |
Routes | Oral |
Pharmacokinetic data | |
Metabolism | Hepatic |
Half-life | 2.2 hours |
Identifiers | |
CAS number | 53648-55-8 ![]() |
ATC code | N02AX03 |
PubChem | CID 3033053 |
DrugBank | DB01209 |
ChemSpider | 2297867 ![]() |
UNII | VHX8K5SV4X ![]() |
KEGG | D00838 ![]() |
ChEBI | CHEBI:4474 ![]() |
ChEMBL | CHEMBL1685 ![]() |
Synonyms | WY-16,225 |
Chemical data | |
Formula | C16H23NO |
Mol. mass | 245.36 g/mol |
SMILES | eMolecules & PubChem |
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Dezocine (Dalgan) was developed by American Home Products[1] and is an opioid analgesic related to pentazocine, with a similar profile of effects that include analgesic action and euphoria at low doses,[2] but produces dysphoria and hallucinations at high doses, most likely due to action at κ-opioid receptors.[3][4]
Dezocine has been found to be an effective painkiller comparable to meperidine (pethidine),[5] and so is a more effective analgesic than pentazocine, but causes relatively more respiratory depression than pentazocine.[6] It is a useful drug for the treatment of pain,[7] but side effects such as dizziness limit its clinical application,[8] and it can produce opioid withdrawal syndrome in patients already dependent on other opioids.[9]
Dezocine is unusual among opioids as it is one of the only primary amines known to be an active opioid (along with bisnortilidine, an active metabolite of tilidine). It is a mixed agonist-antagonist as with other drugs in this class,[10] and despite having a stronger respiratory depressant effect than morphine, dezocine shows a ceiling effect on its respiratory depressive action so above a certain dose this effect does not get any more severe.[11]
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