Definition of thioridazine in English:
thioridazine
nounˌθʌɪə(ʊ)rɪˈdeɪziːn-zin
mass nounMedicine A synthetic compound derived from phenothiazine, used as a tranquillizer, chiefly in the treatment of mental illness.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Irish Medicines Board has decided to ban the use of the antipsychotic drug thioridazine in children because of fears over cardiac side effects.
- Chlorpromazine, haloperidol and thioridazine became the standard treatments for schizophrenia.
- Neurotoxicity has been reported when lithium is combined with haloperidol, thioridazine, chlorpromazine, and fluphenazine.
- In some cases, patients who experience unacceptable rigidity, akathisia, or dystonia with high potency agents may benefit from a lower potency neuroleptic such as thiothixene or thioridazine.
- The phenothiazine associated with most deaths was not thioridazine but chlorpromazine.
- We compared the frequency of cardiac arrest and ventricular arrhythmia associated with different antipsychotic drugs, in particular comparing thioridazine to haloperidol.
Origin
1950s: from thio- + (pipe)rid(ine) + azine.