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Fluphenazine or Phluphenazine Fluphenazine (marketed as Prolixin) is a typical antipsychotic drug used for the treatment of psychoses such as schizophrenia and acute manic phases of bipolar disorder. It belongs to the piperazine class of phenothiazines and is extremely potent; more potent than haloperidol and around fifty to seventy times the potency of chlorpromazine. Its main use is as a long acting injection given once every two or three weeks to people with schizophrenia who have a poor compliance with medication and suffer frequent relapses of illness. In some countries this can be involuntary under Community Treatment Orders. Its side effect profile is similar to haloperidol, namely predominantly dopamine-blocking effects which give rise to akathisia, parkinsonism and tremor. Long term side effects include the potentially irreversible tardive dyskinesia and the potentially fatal neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
Link to data sheet: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a682172.html Several horses were treated with it, no results. Brand names: USA - Modecate; Moditen, in some European countries - Prolixin
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