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LOXAPINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does loxapine mean?
• LOXAPINE (noun)
The noun LOXAPINE has 1 sense:
1. a tranquilizer (trade name Loxitane) used to treat schizophrenia
Familiarity information: LOXAPINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tranquilizer (trade name Loxitane) used to treat schizophrenia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
loxapine; Loxitane
Hypernyms ("loxapine" is a kind of...):
antipsychotic; antipsychotic agent; antipsychotic drug; major tranquilizer; major tranquilliser; major tranquillizer; neuroleptic; neuroleptic agent; neuroleptic drug (tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired)
Context examples
The succinate salt form of loxapine, a tricyclic dibenzoxazepine antipsychotic agent with antiemetic, sedative, anticholinergic, and antiadrenergic actions.
(Loxapine Succinate, NCI Thesaurus)
Loxapine succinate exerts its actions by blocking the dopamine receptors at postsynaptic receptor sites in the limbic system, cortical system and basal ganglia, thereby reducing the hallucinations and delusions that are associated with schizophrenia.
(Loxapine Succinate, NCI Thesaurus)
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