Pharmacologic Substance
promazine
[ proh-muh-zeen ]
Effect:
Decreased Dopamine Activity; Decreased Norepinephrine Activity; Hypothalamic Endocrine Activity Alteration
May Treat:
Nausea; Psychotic Disorders; Schizophrenia; Vomiting
Definitions related to promazine:
  • A phenothiazine with actions similar to CHLORPROMAZINE but with less antipsychotic activity. It is primarily used in short-term treatment of disturbed behavior and as an antiemetic.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Phenothiazine derivative used as an antipsychotic, an antiemetic, and as a analgesic/anesthetic potentiating agent.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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