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n. - A tranquilizer used to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.

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  • Here's another one from the antipsychotic category: Mellaril.
  • Nevertheless, she gave Handy some Mellaril, an antipsychotic.
  • She also gave him Cogentin, she said, to combat muscle stiffness, a common side effect of Mellaril; and Paxil, an antidepressant.
  • On November 13, 1987, a young woman wanting to take her life, ingested 48 tranylcypromine (Parnate®) 10 mg. tablets along with eight Mellaril® tablets of unknown strength.
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