Largactil Pharm.
(lɑːˈgæktɪl)
Also largactil.
A proprietary name of chlorpromazine hydrochloride, C17H19ClN2S·HCl, the form in which chlorpromazine is usually administered.
| 1953 Trade Marks Jrnl. 20 May 430/1 Largactil... May & Baker Limited, Dagenham, Essex; manufacturing chemists. 1965 J. Pollitt Depression & its Treatment iv. 56 In uncomplicated cases, the intramuscular injection of chlorpromazine (Largactil) 100 mg. is helpful. 1966 New Statesman 4 Feb. 168/1 Others might use a quarter grain of Largactil to take the edge off life in London or the Midlands. 1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 90 If all else fails largactil..and other forms of ‘therapy’ will buttress the claim of society. |