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Chlorpromazine User Reviews & Ratings (Page 3)

Chlorpromazine has an average rating of 7.0 out of 10 from a total of 70 reviews on Drugs.com. 63% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 26% reported a negative experience.

Reviews for Chlorpromazine

Commonly mentioned side effects
  • Jas...
  • September 26, 2011

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."

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  • 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."

10 / 10
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  • tjs...
  • July 14, 2013

Chlorpromazine for Hiccups "I get severe hiccups. This works!"

9 / 10
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Frequently asked questions

  • 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."

1 / 10
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  • 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!"

10 / 10
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  • nic...
  • August 11, 2008

Chlorpromazine for Light Sedation "This will knock you out."

10 / 10
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  • 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."

1 / 10
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  • 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."

1 / 10
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  • Dea...
  • Taken for 10 years or more
  • January 17, 2021

For Light Sedation "Helps quite a lot with agitation that accompanies severe anxiety."

8 / 10
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  • Tan...
  • Taken for 10 years or more
  • September 23, 2015

For Schizophrenia "Largactil, you are a life-saver."

10 / 10
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  • 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."

8 / 10
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  • 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."

1 / 10
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  • 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."

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  • 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."

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  • 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."

6 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • January 30, 2012

Chlorpromazine "There's a reason they call it the Thorazine shuffle."

10 / 10
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  • 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."

2 / 10
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  • 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."

9 / 10
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  • 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."

2 / 10
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  • 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."

5 / 10
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