CHLORPROMAZINE

klōrprämˈəzēnˌ, one of a group of tranquilizing drugs called phenothiazines that are useful in halting psychotic episodes. Chlorpromazine, sold under the trade name Thorazine, is often used to reduce the severe anxiety and agitation and the overactivity of some forms of schizophrenia.

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books on: Chlorpromazine  - 424 results

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Advances and New Directions
Book by Silvano Arieti, H. Keith H. Brodie; Basic Books, 1981
Subjects: Psychiatry
...the equivalent to 1,667 mg chlorpromazine. The high-dose group received...approximately 3,000 to 5,000 mg chlorpromazine equivalence. Furthermore...000 mg 60 X 100/2.8 of chlorpromazine per day. If a normal dose...
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Drugs in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
Book by Mortimer Ostow; Basic Books, 1962
Subjects: Psychoanalysis, Psychopharmacology, Psychotherapy
...tranquilizing action similar to that of chlorpromazine, but it is less sedative and possesses...potential also seems to resemble that of chlorpromazine. Triflupromazine Vesprin: Squibb...triflupromazine molecule resembles that of chlorpromazine, except that the R 1 position is...
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Better Than Prozac: Creating the Next Generation of Psychiatric Drugs
Book by Samuel H. Barondes; Oxford University Press, 2003
Subjects: Antidepressants--Popular Works
...psychiatric hospitals started buying chlorpromazine by the truckload in 1955...powerful antihistamine from which chlorpromazine was derived, does not alleviate...schizophrenia. Therefore chlorpromazine's antipsychotic effect must...
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Neurobehavioral Pharmacology - Vol. 6
Book by Travis Thompson, Peter B. Dews, James E. Barrett; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1987
Subjects: Neuropharmacology
...neurotransmitter. Furthermore, chlorpromazine, a DA receptor antagonist Niemegeers...to examine the interaction of chlorpromazine and apomorphine. Figure 2.9 illustrates the effect of chlorpromazine 0.5 to 1.5 mg/kg alone...
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Handbook of Abnormal Psychology: An Experimental Approach
Book by H. J. Eysenck; Basic Books, 1961
Subjects: Psychology, Experimental, Psychology, Pathological
...Phenothiazine derivations , e.g. chlorpromazine Largactil, Thorazine, Megaphen...chemical rather than physical restraint. Chlorpromazine appears to be more effective than...undesirable side effects; for example, chlorpromazine may cause jaundice, agranulocytosis...
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journal articles on: Chlorpromazine  - 93 results

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The Antidepressant Sertraline Targets Intracellular Vesiculogenic Membranes in Yeast
Journal article by Meredith M. Rainey, Daniel Korostyshevsky, Sean Lee, Ethan O. Perlstein; Genetics, Vol. 185, 2010
Subjects: Apoptosis, Binding sites, Crystal structure, Drug resistance, FDA approval, Scanning electron microscopy, Serotonin, Studies, Yeast
...trifluoperazine (Shih et al. 1988) and chlorpromazine (Thorazine) (Filippi et al. 2007...homologs-causes hypersensitivity to chlorpromazine. A similar gene set enriched in processes...examined the effects of the classic CAD chlorpromazine to strengthen the prima facie linkage...
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Discriminating Different Classes of Toxicants by Transcript Profiling
Journal article by Guido Steiner, Laura Suter, Franziska Boess, Rodolfo Gasser, Maria Cristina De Vera, Silvio Albertini, Stefan Ruepp; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 112, 2004
Subjects: Biotechnology, Cancer treatment, Cancer--Care and treatment, Tumors
...Amiodarone, glibenclamide, and chlorpromazine 1 were not recognized as toxic. Classification...was that the two experiments using chlorpromazine were not equally well classified. Chlorpromazine was expected to have a cholestatic...
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Behavior Analysis of Psychotic Disorders: Scientific Dead End or Casualty of the Mental Health Political Economy?
Journal article by Stephen E. Wong; Behavior and Social Issues, Vol. 15, 2006
Subjects: Competition, Mental disorders, Mental health, Studies
...medications (neuroleptics such as chlorpromazine; trade name -- Thorazine) were...Deniker, one of the discovers of chlorpromazine, were quite candid about the debilitating...neuroleptics. Deniker noted that chlorpromazine brought on a decrease in mental and...
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Analysis of Clinical Characteristics and Antipsychotic Medication Prescribing Practices of First-episode Schizophrenia in Israel: a Naturalistic Prospective Study
Journal article by Rael D. Strous, Faina Bar, Noa Keret, Raya Lapidus; The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, Vol. 43, 2006
Subjects: Antipsychotic Agents
...on an atypical medication. Average chlorpromazine equivalents at baseline was 168...discharge (r=0.12, p=0.46). Chlorpromazine level did not differ between patients...drugs (both ps > 0.80). Initial chlorpromazine level was not associated with any...
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The Role of Transgenic Mouse Models in Carcinogen Identification
Journal article by John B. Pritchard, John E. French, Barbara J. Davis, Joseph K. Haseman; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 111, 2003
...Haloperidol 52-86-8 NE Not listed Chlorpromazine HCl 69-09-0 NE Not listed Metaproterenol...f (Lijinsky 1980) Haloperidol NT Chlorpromazine HCI NT Metaproterenol NT WY-14643...Methapyrilene HCI -; - Haloperidol NT; NT Chlorpromazine HCI -; NT Metaproterenol NT; NT...
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magazine articles on: Chlorpromazine  - 53 results

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Treating Schizophrenia: New Strategies
Magazine article by John S. Williamson, Christy M. Wyandt; Drug Topics, Vol. 144, November 6, 2000
Subjects: Continuing education, Drug therapy, Pharmacists, Schizophrenia, United States
...fluphenazine, trifluoperazine, and chlorpromazine. Because of the side effects associated...cause EPS than the low-potency APs (chlorpromazine and thioridazine), their side effects...and the low-potency agents (chlorpromazine and thioridazine). If a high-potency...
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New Schizophrenia Drug; Balancing Hope with Safety
Magazine article by Judy Folkenberg; FDA Consumer, Vol. 24, June 1990
Subjects: Clozapine--Evaluation, Clozaril (Medication)--Evaluation, Mental disorders--History, Mental illness--History, Schizophrenia--Drug therapy
...typical antipsychotic drugs, such as chlorpromazine or haloperidol. For example, there...only 5 percent of those assigned to chlorpromazine (an approved antipsychotic drug...surgeon, accidentally found that chlorpromazine, a drug he gave wounded soldiers...
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Neuroleptics and Chronic Schizophrenia
Magazine article by Gordon Jackson-Koku; Mental Health Nursing, Vol. 21, July 2001
...1990). Since the introduction of Chlorpromazine and Haloperidol in the 1960s, neuroleptic...been previously treated on Sulphide, Chlorpromazine, Procyclidine, Haloperidol and Diazepam...suffered severe side effects from Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride in the form of excessive...
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The Pharmacist's Role in Mental Health
Magazine article by Kathy Hitchens; Drug Topics, April 1997
Subjects: Continuing education, Drug therapy, Mental disorders, Pharmacists, Pharmacology, Prescription drugs, Psychiatry, Roles, United States
...Sedation is a side effect that occurs more frequently with chlorpromazine, thioridazine, mesoridazine, and clozapine. Administering...than men when treated with antipsychotic agents such as chlorpromazine. Thiothixene clearance is higher in men than in women...
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Mixing Antacids and Rx Drugs Can Spell T-R-O-U-B-L-E
Magazine article by Annabel Hecht; FDA Consumer, Vol. 20, October 1986
Subjects: Adverse drug reactions, Antacids--Physiological aspects, Drug interactions--Physiological aspects, Drugs--Adverse and side effects, United States. Food and Drug Administration--Laws, regulations and rules
...anti-convulsant phenytoin, the anti-psychotic drug chlorpromazine, and the tuberculosis drug isoniazid. The rate of absorption...taken for high blood pressure), digoxin, tetracyclines, chlorpromazine and sulfadiazine. The term "bioavailability" means the...
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newspaper articles on: Chlorpromazine  - 17 results

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Doc's Morphine Treatment 'Risky or Antiquated' CORONER URGES REVIEW AFTER PATIENT DEATHS
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), March 16, 2010
Subjects: Drugs--Care and treatment, Drugs--Overdose, Medical practice, Medicine--Practice, Morphine, Murder, Overdose--Care and treatment
...Gittins three times on January 21 2004 and each time gave him morphine and chlorpromazine. "I find that the administration of morphine, diamorphine and chlorpromazine by Dr Martin was not clinically justified and more than minimally or trivially...
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Family 'Vindicated' by Inquest Verdict; Patient's Death Hastened by Doctor's Morphine Injection
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), March 16, 2010
Subjects: Cancer patients--Cases, Medical practice--Cases, Medicine--Cases, Medicine--Practice, Morphine--Cases, Morphine--Dosage and administration
...find that the administration of morphine, diamorphine and chlorpromazine by Dr Martin to Mr Gittins was not justified and more than...but for the administration of morphine, diamorphine and chlorpromazine. I record a verdict of misadventure." Mr Gittins widow...
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Penicillin to the Pill, What Is the Greatest Medical Miracle?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 5, 2007
...breakthrough was the use of the first anti-psychotic drug, Chlorpromazine, to treat mental illness after it was synthesised in 1950...18. MEDICAL MILESTONES SHORTLIST Anaesthesia Antibiotics Chlorpromazine: the first anti-psychotic drug Computers Discovery of...
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Coroner Urges Review of GPs' Practices after Drug Fatalities; Doctor's High Morphine Doses Linked to Deaths of Three Patients
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), March 16, 2010
...Mr Gittins twice. each time prescribing him medication. "I find that the administration of morphine, diamorphine and chlorpromazine by Dr Martin to Mr Gittins was not clinically justified and more than minimally or trivially contributed to and accelerated...
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Tonic Water, White Bread, Painkillers - the Unlikely Passion Killers Sapping Your Sex Drive
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 29, 2011
Subjects: Viagra (Medication)
...effects, nor does mirtazapine (Avanza, Zispin). however older antipsychotic drugs such as haloperidol (Serenace) and chlorpromazine (largactil) and some newer ones such as risperidone (Risperdal) also affect sexual desire in up to three-quarters...
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encyclopedia articles on: Chlorpromazine  - 3 results

 
 
1.
Chlorpromazine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHLORPROMAZINE klorpram zen , one of a group of tranquilizing drugs called phenothiazines that are useful in halting psychotic episodes. Chlorpromazine, sold under the trade name Thorazine, is often used to reduce the...
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Phenothiazine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...stages of drug therapy. The most widely used phenothiazine, chlorpromazine (Thorazine), is prescribed for overactive schizophrenics...activity, abnormal skin pigmentation, and visual impairment. Chlorpromazine therapy is associated with jaundice . Because many phenothiazines...
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Psychopharmacology
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Because of side effects, including depression, reserpine has been supplanted by phenothiazine drugs. The phenothiazine chlorpromazine (Thorazine) was the first to be widely applied to mental disorders and remains one of the standard drugs. Drugs of the...


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