Posted by Else on July 18, 2001, at 14:00:40
In reply to Re: Thorazine and brain damage » Else, posted by Elizabeth on July 18, 2001, at 0:40:29
I took a phenothiazine called Histantil once as a sleeping aid, I don't know if that's the US name. It is chemically related to Thorazine although it is marketed as an anti-emetic. The generic product is called promethazine I think. Anyway. It knocked me out cold for 18 hours and I was depressed for 3 or for days after that. I hate these drugs. And I only took 1 pill of the smallest dose possible (25 mg). I can only nimagine what Thorazine must be like.
> > I don't disagree with you on any of this. I can be a bit brutal when giving an explanation so maybe I should stop trying. My point is, I would not give something like Thorazine a chance knowing what I know. As unlikely as permanent TD may be, there is no guarantee it wont happen and I don't find this is a risk worth taking given the other options availlable.
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> I don't, either. I can't envision a circumstance when it would be better to take that risk rather than at least using one of the newer antipsychotics with which the risk seems to be much decreased. I certainly wouldn't want to take Thorazine (although I did take Mellaril once for insomnia -- it was a little too effective -- and Compazine several times for n&v).
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> -elizabeth
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