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Trifluoperazine (Stelazine) in Psychoneuroses

A Clinical Assessment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

A. R. May ,
J. Stuart Whiteley  and
B. G. Gradwell
A. R. May
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Westminster Hospital
J. Stuart Whiteley
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Westminster Hospital
B. G. Gradwell
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Westminster Hospital
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Trifluoperazine (Stelazine) is a phenothiazine derivative and is 2-trifluoromethyl-10-(3′ 1″-methyl piperazinyl-4″-propyl) phenothiazine dihydrochloride. It is related to prochlorperazine, and in fact differs only in having a trifluoromethyl group in place of the latter's chlorine atom in position 2 of the nucleus. However, in laboratory studies, tests based on the inhibition of conditioned responses have indicated that this compound was 5 times as effective as prochlorperazine and 10 times as potent as chlorpromazine on a weight for weight basis.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 105 , Issue 441 , October 1959 , pp. 1059 - 1063
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1959 

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