Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An antipsychotic or anesthetic drug that causes apathy and decreased affect.
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- noun pharmacology An
antipsychotic drug. - adjective pharmacology Having
antipsychotic properties.
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- noun tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired
Etymologies
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Examples
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Whether long-term neuroleptic use produces additional brain dysfunction is uncertain, but this is quite likely.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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It is sometimes described as a neuroleptic or a 'major tranquilliser', though this last term is fairly misleading, as this type of medicine is not just a tranquilliser, but has many actions in a variety of mental illnesses.
Lecture On The Legislative Process Newmania 2007
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A potentially fatal complex referred to as neuroleptic malignant syndrome has been reported with anti-psychotic drugs, including aripiprazole.
POTIONS AND POISONS News from Mad Plato 2009
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A potentially fatal complex referred to as neuroleptic malignant syndrome has been reported with anti-psychotic drugs, including aripiprazole.
Archive 2009-03-01 News from Mad Plato 2007
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Thorazine (chlorpromazine) and other so-called neuroleptic drugs can sometimes cause the acute onset of a variety of movements, including a very restless ants-in-the-pants feeling and behaviors like the ones you describe.
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As with all antipsychotic medications, a rare and potentially fatal condition known as neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) has been reported with Geodon.
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As with all antipsychotic medications, a rare and potentially fatal condition known as neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) has been reported with Geodon.
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The drug also can cause increased mortality in elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis, suicidality, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, cataracts, seizures, increases in blood pressure and movement disorders in neonates when their mothers take it.
Martha Rosenberg: Oh That? Deceptive Marketing Settlement Doesn't Stop Seroquel Advertising Martha Rosenberg 2011
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We would replace our backward state hospital system with newer and better neuroleptic drugs and free comprehensive community care.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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We would replace our backward state hospital system with newer and better neuroleptic drugs and free comprehensive community care.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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