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Thorazine
Last discussed Sep 17, 2026
Brand name for chlorpromazine in the US, the first antipsychotic medication, originally developed as a major tranquilizer and later used to treat schizophrenia.
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Psychiatry, Insane Asylums, Mental Illness, ECT, Lobotomies, Freud & Jung | Lex Fridman Podcast #502
Andrew Scull · Sep 17, 2026
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"Chlorpromazine, which becomes known as Largactil or Mighty Drug in Europe and Thorazine here, it becomes known as a major tranquilizer because it has this tranquilizing effect."
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