butyrophenone /bu·ty·ro·phe·none/ (bu″tĭ-ro-fe´nōn) any of a class of structurally related antipsychotic agents, including haloperidol.
butyrophenone
bu·ty·ro·phe·none (by -t r  -f -nn , byt-r-)n. Any of a group of neuroleptic drugs, such as haloperidol, administered in the treatment of acute psychotic episodes, schizophrenia, and other psychiatric disorders. |
butyrophenone
[byo̅o̅′tərōfē′nōn]
one of a small group of major tranquilizers. They are used in treating psychosis, to decrease the choreic symptoms of Huntington's disease and the tics and coprolalia of Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome, and are used as an adjunct in neuroleptanesthesia. Principal butyrophenones are haloperidol and droperidol. Butyrophenones are pharmacologically and clinically similar to phenothiazines.
butyrophenone
a chemical class of major tranquilizers which includes droperidol and azaperone.
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