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What is Chlorpromazine?

Chlorpromazine is an antipsychotic agent with many uses including control of mania; schizophrenia; control nausea and vomiting; restlessness; intractable hiccups; hyperexcitability. Off label it is used to manage psychotic disorders and behavioral symptoms associated with dementia.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Other 3 0
Anxiety 3 1
Sleep problems 3 0
Sleepiness 2 0
Nausea/Vomiting 1 1
Schizo-affective Disorder 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 33%
Moderate
1 33%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 33%

Most commonly reported side effects

Hangover effect, next morning
1 33%
Dizziness/feeling like passing out
1 33%
Unsteadiness
1 33%
Vision Abnormalities (Halos/Floaters/Snow)
1 33%
Drowsiness
1 33%
Blurry vision
1 33%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  100 mg as needed daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 800 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Chlorpromazine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
3 43% Doctor's advice: 43%
Course of treatment ended
3 43% Course of treatment ended: 43%
Side effects too severe
2 29% Side effects too severe: 29%
Did not seem to work
1 14% Did not seem to work: 14%
Other
1 14% Other: 14%

See all 7 patients who’ve stopped taking Chlorpromazine

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Chlorpromazine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
1
1
1
1

Stopped Taking Chlorpromazine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
4
0
0
2
0
1

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
3 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 33%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
2 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
2 67%

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Report created on November 23, 2009.