Chlorpromazine is a phenothiazine that is used to treat psychotic disorders. It is an antipsychotic medication and works by controlling dopamine activity in your brain, which affects your thoughts and mood. It also helps relax you and lowers nausea and vomiting.
- Treatment of schizophrenia (a mental condition that is characterised by disturbed thinking, emotions, perception, sense of self, and behaviour)
- Other psychotic disorders such as paranoia (perception or suspicion often related to persecution, threat, or conspiracy)
- Mania (abnormally and persistently overactive behaviour and extreme changes in mood or emotions)
- Hypomania (increased energy and excitability) in adults.