droperidol

American

[droh-per-i-dawl, -dol] / droʊˈpɛr ɪˌdɔl, -ˌdɒl /

noun

Pharmacology.

a phenothiazine, C 22 H 22 FN 3 O 2 , used as an anesthetic or antiemetic, or for emergency control of severe behavioral disturbance.

Etymology

Origin of droperidol

(dehy)dro(benz)peridol

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If you've had surgery recently and experienced nausea while coming out of anesthesia, your doctor may have given you a tranquilizer called droperidol.

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Even at standard low doses, however, the drug can cause an irregular heartbeat, and last week the FDA issued a warning to physicians, asking them to use droperidol only as a last resort.

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