Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A phenothiazine drug, C21H26N2S2, that is used in the form of its hydrochloride to treat psychotic disorders.
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- noun An
antipsychotic drug used in the treatment ofanxiety ,depression andautism
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- noun a tranquilizer (trade name Mellaril) used to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The excuse had been that South Hams Prison used chemical restraints on its violent prisoners—thioridazine, haloperidol, chlorpromazine—and that paranoid episodes were one of the common side effects.
Venom Joan Brady 2010
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QT-prolonging agents (eg, quinidine, sotalol, thioridazine), quinolones (eg, ciprofloxacin), or streptogramins (eg, mikamycin) because serious, possibly life-threatening side effects on the heart or irregular heartbeat may occur
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The names of the drugs are either so long you quit reading after the first syllable or two (benzodiazepine, thioridazine), or are soft and airy and nasal-congested (Buspar, Zoloft).
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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The names of the drugs are either so long you quit reading after the first syllable or two (benzodiazepine, thioridazine), or are soft and airy and nasal-congested (Buspar, Zoloft).
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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The names of the drugs are either so long you quit reading after the first syllable or two (benzodiazepine, thioridazine), or are soft and airy and nasal-congested (Buspar, Zoloft).
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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The names of the drugs are either so long you quit reading after the first syllable or two (benzodiazepine, thioridazine), or are soft and airy and nasal-congested (Buspar, Zoloft).
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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The "typical" drugs used for comparison were haloperidol and thioridazine, both generics.
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Drugs such as haloperidol (Haldol) and thioridazine (Mellaril) are very helpful in treating psychiatric symptoms of lupus.
THE LUPUS HANDBOOK FOR WOMEN ROBIN DIBNER 1994
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Drugs such as haloperidol (Haldol) and thioridazine (Mellaril) are very helpful in treating psychiatric symptoms of lupus.
THE LUPUS HANDBOOK FOR WOMEN ROBIN DIBNER 1994
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Drugs such as haloperidol (Haldol) and thioridazine (Mellaril) are very helpful in treating psychiatric symptoms of lupus.
THE LUPUS HANDBOOK FOR WOMEN ROBIN DIBNER 1994
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