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Definition of Clozaril
1. Noun. An antipsychotic drug (trade name Clozaril) used as a sedative and for treatment-resistant schizophrenia; know to have few side effects.
Generic synonyms: Antipsychotic, Antipsychotic Agent, Antipsychotic Drug, Major Tranquilizer, Major Tranquilliser, Major Tranquillizer, Neuroleptic, Neuroleptic Agent, Neuroleptic Drug
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clozaril
Literary usage of Clozaril
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Internet Pharmacies: Adding Disclosure Requirements Would Aid State and by Gloria E. Taylor (2001)
"According to its manufacturer, patients taking clozaril, ... The US pharmacy that
declined our order indicated that clozaril should not have been offered ..."
2. Ill-Equipped: U.S. Prisons and Offenders with Mental Illness by Sasha Abramsky (2003)
"After he was taken off his medications by the prison psychiatrist who had decided
he did not need such an expensive drug [clozaril, a powerful "atypical" ..."
3. Management and Supervision of Jail Inmates with Mental Disordersby Martin Drapkin, William C. Collins by Martin Drapkin, William C. Collins (1999)
"See also Suicide, watch Closed-circuit television (CCTV), for suicide risk
monitoring, 2-25— 2-26, 7-22—7-23 clozaril (clozapine), 6-S Co-occurring ..."
4. Value of Psychiatric Treatment: Its Efficacy in Severe Mental Disorders edited by Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"Furthermore, new and promising neuroleptic medications such as clozaril and
Risperidone have been introduced, and their effects on learning and functioning ..."
5. VA Hospitals: Issues and Challenges for the Future edited by Stephen P. Backhus (2000)
"... and Etrafon (perphenazine and amitriptyline hydrochloride); antipsychotic
products such as clozaril (clozapine), Haldol (haloperidol), and Thorazine ..."
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