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Clinical Trial of “Stelazine” on Apathetic Chronic Schizophrenics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

T. E. Weckowicz  and
T. F. Ward
T. E. Weckowicz
Affiliation:
The Saskatchewan Hospital, Weyburn, Sask., Canada
T. F. Ward
Affiliation:
The Saskatchewan Hospital, Weyburn, Sask., Canada
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“Stelazine” is the trademark name for Trifluoperazine. It is a derivative of phenothiazine with the following chemical formula: 10-3-(1-methyl-4-piperazinyl)-propyl-2-trifluoromethylphenothiazine dihydrochloride, or structurally:

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 106 , Issue 444 , July 1960 , pp. 1008 - 1015
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1960 

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