Psycholeptic
Encyclopedia
In pharmacology
, a psycholeptic is a medication which produces a calming effect upon the patient.
The psycholeptics are classified under N05
in the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System
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Pharmacology
Pharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function...
, a psycholeptic is a medication which produces a calming effect upon the patient.
The psycholeptics are classified under N05
ATC code N05
-N05AA Phenothiazines with aliphatic side-chain:-N05AA Phenothiazines with aliphatic side-chain:-N05AA Phenothiazines with aliphatic side-chain::N05AA01 Chlorpromazine:N05AA02 Levomepromazine:N05AA03 Promazine:N05AA04 Acepromazine:N05AA05 Triflupromazine...
in the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System
Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System
The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System is used for the classification of drugs. It is controlled by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology , and was first published in 1976....
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External links
- http://www.m-w.com/medical/psycholeptic+
- http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?psycholeptic