Dezocine (DalganTM WY16225)is an opiate analgesic. First synthesized in 1970 it acts at mu- delta- and kappa-opioid receptors. Dezocine acts as a mixed agonist/antagonist of opioid receptors. It is related to pentazocine with a similar profile of effects that include analgesic action and euphoria at low doses but produces dysphoria and hallucinations at high doses most likely due to action at κ-opioid receptors.
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