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methotrimeprazine; levomepromazine (Nozinan, Levoprome)
Indications:
- primarily used in palliative care [1]
Adverse effects:
- tardive dyskinesia, akathisia, cardiac arrhythmias, hypotension, neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Laboratory:
- methotrimeprazine in specimen
- methotrimeprazine in gastric fluid
- methotrimeprazine in serum/plasma
- methotrimeprazine in urine
Mechanism of action:
- non-specific drug
- blocks adrenergic receptors, dopamine receptors, histamine receptors, muscarinic receptors & serotonin receptors [1]
General
phenothiazine
neuroleptic
Database Correlations
PUBCHEM cid=72287
References
- Wikipedia: Levomepromazine
Levomepromazine
- [PDF]Nozinan
http://products.sanofi.ca/en/nozinan.pdf