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Definition of Fluphenazine

1. Noun. Tranquilizer used to treat psychotic disorders.

Definition of Fluphenazine

1. Noun. An antipsychotic drug used in the treatment of schizophrenia etc ¹

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Definition of Fluphenazine

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Medical Definition of Fluphenazine

1. A phenothiazine used in the treatment of psychoses. Its properties and uses are generally similar to those of chlorpromazine. Pharmacological action: antipsychotic agents, phenothiazine, dopamine antagonists. Chemical name: 1-Piperazineethanol, 4-(3-(2-(trifluoromethyl)-10H-phenothiazin-10-yl)propyl)- (12 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Fluphenazine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Value of Psychiatric Treatment: Its Efficacy in Severe Mental Disorders edited by Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"Costs and benefits of two doses of fluphenazine. Arch. Gen. ... Low and conventional dose maintenance therapy with fluphenazine decanoate: Two year outcome. ..."

2. Schizophrenia, 1993: A Special Report edited by David Shore, Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"Marder, SR; Van Putten, T.; Mintz, J.; Lebell, M.; McKenzie, J.; and May, PRA Low and conventional dose maintenance therapy with fluphenazine decanoate: ..."

3. Assessment and Treatment of Patients With Coexisting Mental Illness and by Richard Ries (1996)
"The high-potency neuroleptics such as fluphenazine (Prolixin) and haloperidol (Haldol) cause more extrapyramidal side effects than the low-potency ..."

4. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"fluphenazine-induced parkinsonism in the baboon: Pharmacological and metabolic studies. Neuropharmacology ll:223-230. Duchen, LW, and PH Schurr. l976. ..."

5. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Schneider T, Zrenner E. The effect of fluphenazine on rod- mediated retinal responses. Doc Ophthalmol 65:287-296 (1987). 66. Linnemann D, Lyles JM, ..."

6. The Sex Offender: Current Treatment Modalities and Systems Issuesby Barbara K Schwartz by Barbara K Schwartz (2002)
"... 13-30 fluphenazine, 13-18, 13-19, 13-30 Flutamide, 13-30 Fluvoxamine, 13-16, 13-17, 13-30 Forensic Foster Care, 21-38—21-39 Abuse Development Triad and. ..."

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