Thorazine
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The great drummer Hera has left his band for a “self-regarding minimalist duo” called Thorazine, but she agrees to play one final show — if the Earl, her ex, manages to turn up.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2022
The nursing homes sedated the “captives,” as the Los Angeles Times called them, with Thorazine and collected government checks for their stays.
From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2022
The Times hailed the drug’s “humanitarian and social significance,” and Time magazine compared Thorazine to the “germ-killing sulfas,” groundbreaking drugs developed in the 1930s and 1940s to fight off bacterial infections.
From New York Times • May 17, 2022
Chlorpromazine, also known as Thorazine, is the only drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat hiccups, although some clinicians also may use anti-seizure medications to try to control them.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2021
She threw out the Thorazine and vitamin B that a doctor in Los Angeles had prescribed.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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