noun
- Plural of perphenazine; a class of antipsychotic medications used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and severe nausea or vomiting.
Usage: medical/pharmaceutical term; typically used in clinical or prescriptive contexts
Examples
- The psychiatrist prescribed perphenazines to help manage the patient's psychotic symptoms.
- Perphenazines are first-generation antipsychotics that block dopamine receptors in the brain.
- The hospital stock includes several perphenazines for acute psychiatric cases.
- Side effects of perphenazines may include drowsiness and movement disorders.
- Perphenazines have been used clinically since the 1950s.