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trifluoperazine

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trifluoperazine /tri·flu·o·per·a·zine/ (tri-floo-o-per´ah-zēn) a phenothiazine derivative used as the hydrochloride salt as an antipsychotic.
trifluoperazine [tri″floo-o-per´ah-zēn]
a phenothiazine derivative used in the form of the hydrochloride salt as an antipsychotic agent.

trifluoperazine
Stelazine®, Etalazine® Psychiatry An oral antipsychotic and anxiolytic phenothiazine analogue Adverse effects Extrapyramidal effects, sedation, hypotension


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Beecher said, adding that he also occasionally uses older antipsychotics as mood stabilizers, including trifluoperazine.
Phenothiazines like chlorpromazine (Largactil), trifluoperazine (Trinicalm, Lacalm), thioridazine (Melleril) are required in larger than usual doses in smokers as compared to non-smokers due to their increased rate of metabolism.
Here he remained until age 13, on thioridazine and trifluoperazine (doses unknown) when PPVT IQ of 55 led to transfer to a developmental center.
 
 
 
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