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What is a phenothiazine?

What is a phenothiazine? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) A polycyclic heterocycle consisting of two benzene rings fused to one of thiazine; thiodiphenylamine, dibenzothiazine
  2. (medicine) Any of a family of pharmaceuticals, derived from this compound, used to treat schizophrenia etc.
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Medications such as phenothiazine or butyrophenone may reduce the movements.
The phenothiazine ring is a well-known pharmacophore, and chlorpromazine is a prototype of this class of antipsychotic drugs.
The phenothiazine associated with most deaths was not thioridazine but chlorpromazine.
Methylene blue, a bright greenish blue organic dye belonging to the phenothiazine family.
Fluphenazine is a member of the phenothiazine drug family and is often used in the treatment of various psychoses, mainly schizophrenia and paranoid syndromes.
Oral antihistamines, especially the phenothiazine derivatives, such as methdilazine and trimeprazine, help control itching.

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