Generic Name : Pentazocine
Pronunciation : pen-TAZ-oh-seen
Latest prescription information about Pentazocine. Learn how to pronounce the drug's name, its indications, dosage, how to take, when to take, when not to take, side effects, special precautions, its storage instructions and warnings if any when taken during pregnancy. Also listed are the International and Indian trade name(s) of the drug and its price list.
ICD Code : Y45.0 |
Therapeutic Classification : Analgesics
Contraindicated in patients with head injury, increased blood pressure or pulmonary hypertension, patients dependent on opioids, heart failure, respiratory depression, heart attack and raised intracranial pressure. It should also not be used for a long time or in increased amounts at term during pregnancy.
• Heart:
Circulatory depression, high blood pressure, shock, fast heart rate.
• Central Nervous System:
Confusion, depression, disorientation, disturbed dreams, dizziness, excitement, faintness, hallucinations, headache, sleeplessness, irritability, light-headedness, muscle tremor, tingling, sedation, temporary loss of consciousness, tremor, weakness.
• Skin:
Inflammation, including itching, excessive sweating, flushed skin.
• Eye and ENT:
Double vision, constriction of the pupil, involuntary eye movement, perception of sound, visual blurring, and focusing difficultly.
• Gastrointestinal:
Constipation, cramps, diarrhea, dry mouth, nausea, taste alteration, vomiting.
• Blood:
High concentration of eosinophils decrease in the number of granulocytes.
• Skin:
Subcutaneous depression, nodules, severe stiffness, soft tissue induration, sting on injection, and ulceration at injection sites.
• Respiratory:
Difficulty in breath, respiratory depression, transient sleep disorder in newborns whose mothers received parenteral pentazocine during labor.
• Miscellaneous:
Allergic reactions, alterations in rate or strength of uterine contractions during labor, chills, urinary retention, unusual weakness.
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