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chlorpromazine (klōrpräm`əzēn'), one of a group of tranquilizing drugs called phenothiazines phenothiazine (fē'nəthī`əzĭn), any one of a class of drugs used to control mental disorders. ..... Click the link for more information. that are useful in halting psychotic episodes. Chlorpromazine, sold under the trade name Thorazine, is often used to reduce the severe anxiety anxiety, anticipatory tension or vague dread persisting in the absence of a specific threat. In contrast to fear, which is a realistic reaction to actual danger, anxiety is generally related to an unconscious threat. ..... Click the link for more information. and agitation and the overactivity of some forms of schizophrenia schizophrenia (skĭt'səfrē`nēə) ..... Click the link for more information. . chlorpromazine [klȯr′prō·mə‚zēn] (pharmacology) C17H19ClN2S A gray-white, crystalline compound used as a sedative and in preventing or relieving nausea and vomiting. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Chlorpromazine has no anti-motion sickness efficacy, even though it is quite effective against chemically induced nausea. In this regard, the distribution of brevetoxins by ip toxin exposure is not likely to reflect distribution of toxin by oral exposure, as was demonstrated for chlorpromazine and imipramine (Bickel 1975). When the first modern psychiatric wonder drug, chlorpromazine (Thorazine), was introduced in France in 1950, it was as an anesthetic. |
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