perphenazine

[per-fen-uh-zeen, -zin]

noun

Pharmacology.

1. a crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 2 1 H 2 6 ClN 3 OS, used chiefly as a tranquilizer and in the treatment of intractable hiccoughs and nausea and vomiting.

Word History and Origins

Origin of perphenazine¹

First recorded in 1955–60; per- + phen(othi)azine

Example Sentences

Perphenazine, for example, costs about $50 a month, while the new antipsychotics can easily run 4 to 10 times as much or more.

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It found that Risperdal, Seroquel and Geodon, three of the new "atypical antipsychotics" that doctors widely prescribe to treat schizophrenia, are no more effective--and no safer--than an older and much cheaper generic drug called perphenazine.

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