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chlorpromazine

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Chlorpromazine (noun) means a synthetic antipsychotic drug, with the chemical formula C₁₇H₁₉ClN₂S.

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A synthetic antipsychotic drug, with the chemical formula C₁₇H₁₉ClN₂S.

"In the early 1950s two French physicians, J. Delay and P. Deniker, noted the remarkable calming effects of a new drug, chlorpromazine, which was initially tested as an agent to be given to patients prior to major surgery to relax them." — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (2001)

"Chlorpromazine should be taken with caution in combination with barbiturates, sleeping pills, narcotics, or any other medication which may produce a depressive effect. Avoid alcohol." — Harold M. Silverman, Chlorpromazine (1979)

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