Chlorpromazine |
Thor-Prom; Thorazine |
Chlorpromazine was the first antipsychotic drug, used during the 1950s and 1960s. Used as chlorpromazine hydrochloride and sold under the tradenames Largactil (the "liquid cosh") and Thorazine, it has sedative, hypotensive and antiemetic properties as well as anticholinergic and antidopaminergic effects. Today, Chlorpromazine is considered a typical antipsychotic.
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... CHLORPROMAZINE (Thorazine®, Thor-Prom®) has a number of uses in helping to treat emotional, nervous, or mental problems. Chlorpromazine reduces the symptoms of psychotic disorders like schizophrenia. It also can help children with severe behavioral problems. Chlorpromazine is also used for uncontrollable hiccups, control of nausea and vomiting, and relief of restlessness and apprehension before surgery. Chlorpromazine also helps patients with acute intermittent porphyria. Generic chlorpromazine tablets are available. ...
Drug Digest - more...
Chlorpromazine Systematic (IUPAC) name 3-(2-chloro-10H-phenothiaz ...
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