I am relatively new to Bluelight, and I hope what I say is not interpreted as giving out advice, as I am not a M.D. etc.
Pentazocine, I have a long history with. It is a controversial pain reliever. Especially in the USA. Since 1983, in the USA
Talwin only is manufactured with Naloxone, the only country to my knowledge in the world with pentazocine tablets
(usually 50mg of Pentazocine with Naloxone) to curb abuse, (I know the reason but will refrain from going on with that
discussion) With that being said, Pentazocine tablets, introduced in the 1960's, worldwide, is rapidly being withdrawn
worldwide, for various reasons, including recreational abuse. I have seen it legally available in 21 countries in the modern
industrialized world, to only, about 8 countries, between 1999 and 2009, in its tablet form. It is also available in liquid
ampules, (vials) for IV or IM use, in a wider selection of countries.
In my case, adding any benzodiazepine to pentazocine hydrochloride, only made my addiction harder to eventually
withdraw from.
Sanofi Aventis/Sanofi Syntholabo still markets the drug in its pure form as Fortal, Fortral, Sosegon. Talwin tablets in Canada, and a few countries in the E.U/non-EU, and Krka Pharmaceuticals, (Fortral) tablets, most often in 50mg tablets, but sometimes in 25 mg tablets, as Sosegon. (example Spain)
Pentazocine, is in a tighter controlled substance schedule in the EU, than in the USA.
I became addicted to the tablets quickly, along with Roche Valium, and abstained for 25 years off of it. I became
re-addicted to Pentazocine tablets, in their pure form, for 3 years, 2008 until 2011. Why? I got euphoric on the med,
and, it also caused me to be grandiose, and cocky, that, caused me a loss of social friends.
The USA version, with Naloxone, made me very ill, because I switched from Codeine to Naloxone without a washout
period of at least 7 to 10 days.
My diagnosis of ADHD, and Anxiety Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, and OCD, caused me to exhibit behavior, that
appeared to professional colleagues that I was having a "Hypomanic episode" (when I was getting a buzz from that
medication). I only quit in 2011, honestly, due to the lack of availability, from my EU supplier. It has been banned in
Japan (due to recreational abuse) and Sanofi has withdrawn the medication, especially in the tablet form, rapidly in the
past 5 years, including the country of their world headquarters, France.