chlorpromazine
- n a drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has antipsychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer
- Both chlorpromazine and reserpine have marked and undesirable side effects which make them potentially dangerous in the haphazard use which some general practitioners and office .
- Given with disulfiram (Antabuse), chlorpromazine straightens out a victim of DTs within two days instead of the usual six.
- By itself, chlorpromazine is a star performer.