Biopsychosocial complications of pentazocine dependence: A case report from a co-occurring treatment facility in Lagos

Pentazocine, a synthetic, prescription opioid analgesic, can now be obtained from the Nigerian illicit market. This development is not without concomitant medical and psychosocial complications. This is a case of psychosocial and cutaneous complications of 8-year history of pentazocine dependence in...

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Main Authors: Olajumoke M Koyejo, Olugbenga A Owoeye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Nigerian Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2020;volume=29;issue=4;spage=720;epage=722;aulast=Koyejo