fluphenazine

[ floo-fen-uh-zeen ]

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noun

Pharmacology.

a potent tranquilizer, C 22 H 26 F 3 N 3 OS, derived from phenothiazine and used in various forms for the management of certain neurological or psychotic disorders and for short-term treatment of acute anxiety.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fluphenazine¹

First recorded in 1955–60; flu(oro)- + phenazine

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Many patients on digoxin are older, as is the case with fluphenazine.

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Back home in the U.S., she was then she was put on fluphenazine, which brought our mother back to us for the first time in decades.

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He tells the story of how, in 2007, one unintended consequence of his acquisition of a batch of the anti-psychotic drug, fluphenazine hydrochloride, was an increased appetite in his patients.

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fluoxetine hydrochloride flurazepam

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