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Download the cheat: https://bit.ly/50-meds   View the lesson:    Generic Name Chlorpromazine Trade Name Thorazine Indication Second line treatment of schizophrenia and psychosis, nausea/vomiting, pre-op sedation, acute intermittent porphyria, headache, bipolar Action Exhibits anticholinergic activity, alters effects of dopamine in CNS Therapeutic Class Antipsychotic, antiemetic Pharmacologic Class...

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