Antipsychotic Medications
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Chokhawala K, Stevens L
Antipsychotic Medications
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- 30137788 [ View in PubMed]
- Abstract
First-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists (DRA) and are known as typical antipsychotics. They include phenothiazines (trifluoperazine, perphenazine, prochlorperazine, acetophenazine, triflupromazine, mesoridazine), butyrophenones (haloperidol), thioxanthenes (thiothixene, chlorprothixene), dibenzoxazepines (loxapine), dihydroindoles (molindone), and diphenylbutylpiperidines (pimozide).[1][2][3]
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- Drug Targets
Drug Target Kind Organism Pharmacological Action Actions Triflupromazine Dopamine D1 receptor Protein Humans YesAntagonistDetails Triflupromazine Dopamine D2 receptor Protein Humans YesAntagonistDetails