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Contains 1 Result:

Talwin lactate vial

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: MS C 614
Scope and content

One commemorative vial from the first production batch encased in acrylic attached to a mount. Presented to Monroe Trout for his service to Sterling Drug Inc. board of directors. Talwin, the tradename for pentazocine, was an opioid used primarily to treat pain. It was the first mixed agonist-antagonist analgesic to be marketed.

Dates: 1967
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections