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butyrophenone
n. (context pharmaceutical drug English) Any of several pharmaceuticals used to treat psychiatric disorders.
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Butyrophenone
Butyrophenone is a chemical compound; some of its derivatives (called commonly butyrophenones) are used to treat various psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, as well as acting as antiemetics.
Examples of butyrophenones include:
- Haloperidol, the most widely used classical antipsychotic drug in this class
- Benperidol, the most potent commonly used antipsychotic ( 200 times more potent than chlorpromazine)
- Nonaperone
Usage examples of "butyrophenone".
Clark Nelson, had stumbled onto a butyrophenone derivative which had slowed the electrical activity only in the reticular formation of a monkey.