Chlorpromazine User Reviews & Ratings (Page 3)
Chlorpromazine has an average rating of 7.1 out of 10 from a total of 71 reviews on Drugs.com. 63% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 25% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Chlorpromazine
- Anonymous
- May 7, 2011
Chlorpromazine for Mania "I take it for bipolar disorder. It helps through the mania. It helps sleep and then mania the next day."
- tjs...
- July 14, 2013
Chlorpromazine for Hiccups "I get severe hiccups. This works!"
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- Jac...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- February 27, 2018
Chlorpromazine for Light Sedation "Am on 400 mgs of Thorazine for insomnia. Stuff does nothing at all, and in fact I feel more awake after taking it. Sure wish it knocked me out like it does to pretty much everyone else."
- Man...
- September 14, 2016
Chlorpromazine for Hiccups "Tried every common remedy known to man after surgery, but nothing worked. Thorazine did the trick in 15 minutes!"
- nic...
- August 11, 2008
Chlorpromazine for Light Sedation "This will knock you out."
- Nnn...
- August 28, 2017
Chlorpromazine for Hiccups "I had the worst experience with it. It increased my heart rate to 226 beats a minute. I literally thought I was dying."
- Tan...
- Taken for 10 years or more
- September 23, 2015
For Schizophrenia "Largactil, you are a life-saver."
- Bob...
- April 8, 2021
For Schizophrenia "I was taking Largactil 200 mg per night. Then I threw them in the bin. I got bad withdrawal, feeling nausea and chills. Not a good move. Tapering off them now."
- TyA...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- August 11, 2019
Chlorpromazine for Psychosis "Thorazine made me develop edema. Side effects were too much for me, and I could not tolerate them."
- Dea...
- Taken for 10 years or more
- January 17, 2021
For Light Sedation "Helps quite a lot with agitation that accompanies severe anxiety."
- Jwi...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- April 11, 2018
Chlorpromazine for Hiccups "Went to ER with hiccups for 4 days. Was prescribed 10 mg Thorazine. It did not do anything for me."
- Ses...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- June 22, 2014
Chlorpromazine for Psychosis "My daughter is 15 and had increased confusion, zombie effect, was not a good medication for her."
- Ted...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- July 4, 2022
For Hiccups "Have had chronic hiccups for over one week. Been prescribed chlorpromazine. Just started today. No effect yet. Will update. Can only give a low rating at the moment."
- Anonymous
- January 30, 2012
Chlorpromazine "There's a reason they call it the Thorazine shuffle."
- Mik...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- October 16, 2021
For Light Sedation "It seems to knock me out, but creates anxiety. I was suicidal, but not now. Going to try getting off. I have reduced it from 62 mg to 12.5 mg."
- Kei...
- December 4, 2019
For Light Sedation "I have insomnia. When I first took it, then it helped, but after a while, it just didn’t help anymore, even if the dosage was upped."
- Smi...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- February 12, 2021
For Hiccups "What does this medication do to stop hiccups? I just started taking it today."
- Ano...
- August 5, 2025
For Schizophrenia "Works for me. Feel very calm and pacing stopped. No side effects for now."
- Her...
- November 29, 2017
Chlorpromazine for Tetanus "Plan to use as a retrobulbar injection. A retrobulbar block is a type of local anesthetic nerve block used in intraocular surgery."
- Tjf...
- October 15, 2015
Chlorpromazine for Hiccups "I have been fighting hiccups off and on for weeks. Was prescribed Thorazine, have been somewhat reluctant to take it."
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Chlorpromazine for Schizophrenia "This medication helps with my symptoms and controls some of the voices and the sightings that I experienced throughout my use of this medication."