Category of Drug | Trifluoperazine is Antipsychotics drug |
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Indications | Trifluoperazine is used for 1. Schizophrenia 2. Non-psychotic anxiety 3. Acute psychosis |
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Available dosage forms | 1. TABLETS 2. INJECTION |
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Contraindications | 1. Hypersensitivity to phenothiazines 2. Bone marrow depression 3. Blood dyscrasias 4. Pre-existing CNS depression and coma 5. Pheochromocytoma |
Precautions | 1. Myasthenia gravis 2. Renal and hepatic impairment 3. Benign prostatic hyperplasia 4. Glaucoma 5. Epilepsy 6. Exposure to extreme heat or phosphorous insecticides 7. Interactions 8. Pregnancy |
Adverse Effects | 1. Extra pyramidal symptoms particularly in children 2. Elderly and debilitated patients more frequently at doses exceeding 6 mg daily 3. Pancytopenia 4. Thrombocytopenia 5. Hyperpyrexia 6. Dizziness 7. Anorexia 8. Insomnia 9. Dry mouth 10. Blurred vision 11. Postural hypotension |
Pregnancy Category | C |