Stelazine Pharm.
(ˈstɛləziːn)
Also stelazine.
[f. Stel-, of unkn. origin + azine.]
A proprietary name for trifluoperazine.
| 1958 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 July 91/1 A short pilot trial of the drug stelazine was undertaken with 25 chronic psychotic patients. 1958 Trade Marks Jrnl. 23 July 738/1 Stelazine 772,994. Azine chemical compounds for use in medicine and pharmacy. Smith, Kline & French Laboratories Ltd., London. Manufacturing Chemists.—9th January, 1958. 1965 Nursing Times 5 Feb. 187/2 In hospital the phenothiazine tranquilizers seem most useful for relieving the fear and tension prominent at this stage. Stelazine (trifluoperazine) seems particularly useful. 1976 H. Ferguson Confessions of Long Distance Acid Head 45 This hospital did not even stock the drug Stelazine which had, apparently, cured me when I had my first nervous breakdown. |