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What is Talwin?

Talwin® is a brand name for pentazocine, an opioid analgesic used for the relief of moderate to severe pain. It has also been used as a sedative prior to surgery and as a supplement to surgical anesthesia.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Fibromyalgia 2 1 Efficacy_slight
Pain 2 1 Efficacy_none
Arthritis pain 1 1 Efficacy_slight

See all 2 patients currently taking Talwin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 2

Reported Dosages

  50 mg daily 60 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Talwin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 100%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 33%
Other 1   Other: 33%

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Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Talwin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Talwin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Talwin

Always
 1 50%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 50%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Talwin

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 50%
Not at all
 1 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Talwin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 2 100%

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Report created on February 10, 2012.