A home health patient has a prescription for pentazocine (Talwin,) a mixed opioid agonist-antagonist. When teaching the patient and family about adverse effects, the nurse will plan to focus on how to monitor for

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This category of opioids causes more neurologic side effects, such as agitation, than the pure opioid opioids. The benefits to this category include less hypotension and respiratory depression and the absence of physical dependence.

A Home Health Patient Has a Prescription for Pentazocine (Talwin,)