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Preferred term

Chlorpromazine  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The prototypical phenothiazine antipsychotic drug. Like the other drugs in this class chlorpromazine's antipsychotic actions are thought to be due to long-term adaptation by the brain to blocking DOPAMINE RECEPTORS. Chlorpromazine has several other actions and therapeutic uses, including as an antiemetic and in the treatment of intractable hiccup.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 10H-Phenothiazine-10-propanamine, 2-chloro-N,N-dimethyl-
  • 50-53-3 (Chlorpromazine)
  • 69-09-0 (Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride)
  • 9WP59609J6
  • U42B7VYA4P

In other languages

  • French

  • 10H-Phenothiazine-10-propanamine, 2-chloro-N,N-dimethyl-
  • 50-53-3 (Chlorpromazine)
  • 69-09-0 (Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride)
  • 9WP59609J6
  • U42B7VYA4P

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-XPHBQQ05-K

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