“…However, by 1969, the abuse potential of pentazocine had been recognized, 1 and subsequently reports of pentazocine abuse started appearing in the literature 2,3 . Cutaneous complications of parenteral pentazocine use/abuse were first reported in 1971, 4,5 and since then other reports have described deep punched‐out ulcers, 6–8 woody induration of skin, 6,7 puffy‐hand syndrome, 9 fibrous myopathy, 10–12 polymyositis 13 and venous thrombosis 14 …”