Chlorpromazine can be prescribed for several conditions
Chlorpromazine is a first generation antipsychotic
Thorazine (chlorpromazine) is a conventional or typical antipsychotic medication belonging to a class of drugs called phenothiazines
Chlorpromazine may increase the central nervous system depressant (CNS depressant) activities of Methotrimeprazine
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It was more effective than any of the old drugs, including morphine and scopolamine (hyoscine)
Background: Chlorpromazine is an aliphatic phenothiazine, which is one of the widely-used typical antipsychotic drugs
FIRST-GENERATION ANTIPSYCHOTICS: Chlorpromazine (Thorazine) Agitation/aggression associated with psychiatric disorders, behavioral problems, bipolar disorder, hiccups (prolonged or intractable), hyperactivity, tetanus, schizophrenia Effectiveness of antipsychotic drugs in patients with chronic schizophrenia
Chlorpromazine is prescribed for a variety of unrelated problems
This old drug remains a ‘benchmark’ for the treatment of schizophrenia (Bazire 2014)
Antipsychotic medications
Antipsychotic-induced heart failure is a consequence of prior direct cardiac lesions in response to drug stimuli
Chlorpromazine is a first generation antipsychotic
After the advent of chlorpromazine, other drugs such as haloperidol, trifluperazine, thioridazine and fluphenazine came into use
Comment: Avoid use of metoclopramide intranasal or interacting drug, depending on importance of drug to patient
Generic name: chlorpromazine hydrochloride
26 (prolyl oligopeptidase) inhibitor and an anticoronaviral agent
For first-generation antipsychotics such a risk appears to be relatively low, with the exception of chlorpromazine
A simple and fast method for determination of two phenothiazine drugs, chlorpromazine (CPZ) and thioridazine (TDZ), at the boron-doped diamond electrode (BDDE) was proposed
Chlorpromazine is reliable for its efficacy and one of the most tested first generation antipsychotic drugs
7 It was soon recognized that all typical antipsychotics had the potential to cause EPS, including parkinsonism, acute dystonia, akathisia, and TD
These medications have a high affinity for dopamine receptors, meaning they require lower doses to achieve their therapeutic effect