A Report of the Ruinous Effects of Pentazocine Abuse in a Female Adult with Sickle Cell Anaemia Seen in Uyo, Niger-Delta Region of Nigeria: An Urgent Call to Action
I. S. Akpan, E. H. Jumbo & E. E. Uboh · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2019
Painful crisis is the commonest and most distressing clinical manifestation of sickle cell anaemia (SCA), thus prompt and adequate analgesia should be provided to ameliorate the suffering of the patient. Pentazocine is a potent opioid analgesic with mixed receptor activities comm...
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10.9734/IJTDH/2018/46603