chlorpromazine
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A synthetic drug used as a tranquilizer, sedative, and antiemetic. It is a phenothiazine derivative,
/ˌklôrˈpräməˌzēn/,
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A synthetic drug used as a tranquilizer, sedative, and antiemetic. It is a phenothiazine derivative,
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A synthetic drug used as a tranquilizer, sedative, and antiemetic. It is a phenothiazine derivative
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- a drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has antipsychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer
- Chlorpromazine (as chlorpromazine hydrochloride, abbreviated CPZ; marketed in the United States as Thorazine and elsewhere as Largactil) is a typical antipsychotic. ...
- Chlorpromazine blocks dopamine and norepinephrine receptors, thus inhibiting the central stimulant effects of amphetamines, and can be used to treat amphetamine poisoning.
- The prototypical phenothiazine antipsychotic drug. Like the other drugs in this class chlorpromazine's antipsychotic actions are thought to be due to long-term adaptation by the brain to blocking dopamine receptors. ...
- Medication used in schizophrenia treatment. An older type of medication, also classified as a typical antipsychotic or conventional neuroleptic.
- Neuroleptic aliphatic phenothiazine, thought to act primarily as dopamine antagonist, but also antagonist at _ adrenergic, H1 histamine, muscarinic and serotonin receptors. Used clinically as an antiemetic. ...
- A powerful major tranquilizer that relieves the pain and nausea of migraine.