Drug Summary

  Drug name:  thioridazine
  Chemical name:  thioridazine hydrochloride
  Formula:  C₂₁H₂₆N₂S_{2  Weight:   370.575
  CAS no:  50-52-2
  DrugBank link:  DB00679
  Description:  A phenothiazine antipsychotic used in the management of psychoses, including schizophrenia, and in the control of severely disturbed or agitated behavior. It has little antiemetic activity. Thioridazine has a higher incidence of antimuscarinic effects, but a lower incidence of extrapyramidal symptoms, than chlorpromazine. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p618)
  Indication:  For the treatment of schizophrenia and generalized anxiety disorder.}