Thorazine Pharm.
(ˈθɔərəziːn)
Also thorazine.
[f. parts of the systematic name, 2-chloro-N, N-dimethyl-10-H-phenothiazine-10-propanamine, rearranged: see chloro-2, thio-, azine.]
A proprietary name for chlorpromazine.
| 1954 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 9 Mar. 299/1 Smith, Kline & French Laboratories... Thorazine for central nervous system depressant. 1968 J. Hudson Case of Need ii. x. 164 Thorazine is a tranquilizer universally used as an antidote to LSD and employed to end bad trips. 1972 Trade Marks Jrnl. 20 Sept. 1873/2 Thorazine... Pharmaceutical and veterinary preparations and substances, all consisting of or containing azine compounds. Smith Kline & French Laboratories Limited. 1979 Time 2 Apr. 46/2 The stronger antipsychotic drugs like Thorazine are useful for handling schizophrenics, whose behavior is characterized by hallucinations and severely disordered thinking. |