Chemicals and Drugs

Antipsychotic Agents

Agents that control agitated psychotic behavior, alleviate acute psychotic states, reduce psychotic symptoms, and exert a quieting effect. They are used in SCHIZOPHRENIA; senile dementia; transient psychosis following surgery; or MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; etc. These drugs are often referred to as neuroleptics alluding to the tendency to produce neurological side effects, but not all antipsychotics are likely to produce such effects. Many of these drugs may also be effective against nausea, emesis, and pruritus.

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Abstract

Agents that control agitated psychotic behavior, alleviate acute psychotic states, reduce psychotic symptoms, and exert a quieting effect. They are used in SCHIZOPHRENIA; senile dementia; transient psychosis following surgery; or MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; etc. These drugs are often referred to as neuroleptics alluding to the tendency to produce neurological side effects, but not all antipsychotics are likely to produce such effects. Many of these drugs may also be effective against nausea, emesis, and pruritus.

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27 entry terms
  • Antipsychotic
  • Antipsychotic Agent
  • Antipsychotic Drug
  • Antipsychotic Drugs
  • Antipsychotic Medication
  • Antipsychotics
  • Major Tranquilizer
  • Major Tranquilizers
  • Neuroleptic
  • Neuroleptic Agent
  • Neuroleptic Agents
  • Neuroleptic Drug
  • Neuroleptic Drugs
  • Neuroleptics
  • Tranquilizing Agents, Major
  • Tranquillizing Agents, Major
  • Agent, Antipsychotic
  • Agent, Neuroleptic
  • Drug, Antipsychotic
  • Drug, Neuroleptic
  • Major Tranquilizing Agents
  • Major Tranquillizing Agents
  • Medication, Antipsychotic
  • Tranquilizer, Major
  • Antipsychotic Effect
  • Antipsychotic Effects
  • Effect, Antipsychotic

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22 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

note entry term ANTIPSYCHOTIC EFFECT: use only for the antipsychotic effect of a chemical substance

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History Note

95; was TRANQUILIZING AGENTS, MAJOR 1975-94; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS was see TRANQUILIZING AGENTS, MAJOR 1975-94; NEUROLEPTICS was see TRANQUILIZING AGENTS 1975-78, was see under TRANQUILIZING AGENTS 1969-74

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Previous Indexing

  • Tranquilizing Agents (1966-1974)

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  1. D27.505.696.277w.950w.040w
  2. D27.505.954.427.210w.950w.040w
  3. D27.505.954.427.700.872w.331w

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QV 77.9

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Antipsychotic Agents. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014150. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014150
  2. Antipsychotic Agents. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipsychotic
  3. Antipsychotic Agents. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208144