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Definition of Perphenazine

1. Noun. Tranquilizer and antidepressant (trade name Triavil) sometimes used as an antiemetic for adults.

Definition of Perphenazine

1. Noun. A potent anti-psychotic drug. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Perphenazine

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Medical Definition of Perphenazine

1. This prescription drug is used to treat psychotic disorders and to control nausea/vomiting in adults. It may cause tardive dyskinesia in some patients and can have adverse reactions with other medications. It can cause a wide range of side effects. (09 Oct 1997)

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Literary usage of Perphenazine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"perphenazine and reserpine did not affect G6P-DH activity, ... LDH activity (mU/mg gland) elevated slightly only after perphenazine treatment. ..."

2. Dangerous Minds: Political Psychiatry in China Today and Its Origins in the by Robin Munro, Geneva Initiative on Psychiatry (2002)
"On my third day in the mental hospital, they forced me to take perphenazine.255 At the beginning, they only fed me one pill. Later they fed me four to five ..."

3. 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 ..."

4. Depression in Primary Care: Vol. 2. Treatment of Major Depression: Clinical by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"Amoxapine versus amitriptyline combined with perphenazine in the treatment of psychotic depression. Am J Psychiatry 1990; 147(9): 1203-8. ..."

5. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
"An investigation of nalorphine and perphenazine as negative reinforcers in an escape paradigm. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 6:61-71, 1977. ..."

6. Statistical Assessment Of National Significant Industrial User Noncompliance (1993)
"Amoxapine versus amitriptyline combined with perphenazine in the treatment of psychotic depression. Am J Psychiatry 1990; 147(9): 1203-8. ..."

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