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Tonazocine

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ATC code
  
None

PubChem CID
  
72177

Formula
  
C23H35NO2

Pubchem
  
72177

CAS Number
  
71461-18-2

UNII
  
J356A16LLK

Molar mass
  
357.53 g/mol

ChemSpider ID
  
65150

Tonazocine

Legal status
  
In general: non-regulated

Tonazocine (WIN-42,156) is an opioid analgesic of the benzomorphan family which made it to phase II clinical trials for the treatment of postoperative pain, but development was apparently ceased and ultimately it was never marketed. Tonazocine is a partial agonist at both the mu-opioid and delta-opioid receptors, but acting more like an antagonist at the former and more like an agonist at the latter. It lacks most of the side effects of other opioids such as adverse effects on the cardiovascular system and respiratory depression, but it can cause sedation (although to a lesser degree of typical opioids), and in some patients it may induce hallucinations (probably via binding to and activating the κ-opioid receptor).

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Tonazocine Wikipedia