Thorazine User Reviews & Ratings

• Anonymous
• June 13, 2010

For Hiccups "My husband normally never has the hiccups, but on the night of day 3 after having bowel resection surgery from diverticulitis, he was no longer passing gas. Instead, he was belching, burping, and hiccuping. He would hiccup for hours, then stop for a bit, and this just kept going on and on, increasing the pain of the surgical site and getting no sleep. On the night of day 6, Thorazine was added to his IV, and within 10 minutes, the hiccups were gone, and he was finally sleeping comfortably."

• Nic...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 21, 2013

For Hiccups "I had hiccups for 48 hours continuously and was hiccupping about 15,000 times a day. I went to my GP and was prescribed Chlorpromazine. I was reluctant to try it at first because of the side effects but it did work after being on a 25mg dose three times a day after 72 hours. It does take a while to kick in and have an effect but it did work. Make sure you come off them slowly and gradually otherwise it makes you feel nauseous and sick. Your urine may also be a lot darker in color and smell differently."

• VaB...
• January 19, 2013

For Hiccups "I write this to help others. I actually had the hiccups for eight straight days...yes 8! I couldn't eat without hiccuping and sleep without hiccuping. I had no health insurance, which is why I waited so long before seeking professional medical advice/treatment. On that eighth day, I went to a 'Doc-in-a-Box,' and the doctor prescribed 'Thorazine,' only ten! Within 30 minutes of taking the first one, the hiccups were gone! I had nine more pills (low dosage) left. Each time I took one, it was like I was the 'King of the World'! I had a constant smile on my face and wanted to hug everyone, but I could still maintain."

• Ott...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• July 5, 2014

For Schizophrenia "This is the only medicine which has worked for my schizophrenia. It's a nightmare to take to begin with, need to gradually increase the dose, but has kept me reasonably well and coping for years. Only side effects for me are dry mouth and solar sensitivity, I don't like the sun anyway, so no matter. But the dry mouth does limit the dose. It helps me sleep too."

• Anonymous
• October 21, 2012

For Hiccups "Dad was hiccuping badly for two days straight - nothing was working, and attempting to get water or fluids down didn't work. Hiccups got worse, and he began to vomit. When we saw blood, we took him to the emergency room - they brought Thorazine, and within 10-20 minutes, he stopped hiccuping... he had one short flare-up while moving around, but after 20-30 minutes, it went away, and he was sleeping. Hopefully, this does the trick and keeps him from hiccuping - but for sure, it's a good emergency medicine to stop painful and persistent hiccups."

• Jbi...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 21, 2017

For Hiccups "I had chronic hiccups for 4 days. I went to the emergency room, they gave me a choice of Valium or Thorazine. I went with the Valium, the Valium did nothing. I then continued to have hiccups for two more days. I then went back to the ER and took the Thorazine. Hiccups gone in 15 minutes. This is the drug to get rid of hiccups for sure!!!!"

• Txk...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 26, 2017

For Hiccups "I occasionally get severe hiccups that only last 24 to 36 hours, but when I get them, I gasp for air. I have 30 and 40 hiccups at the same time and rapid contraction, and I'm fighting to breathe, and then I'll throw up, mostly stomach bile. I'm in the hospital recovering from surgery on my leg, and I got the hiccups earlier this afternoon. I took a muscle relaxer, and it didn't do anything. The doctor prescribed me some Thorazine, which I have never had. Within 10 minutes of the injection in my arm, my hiccups are completely gone. I am a true believer."

• Ric...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• March 19, 2018

For Mania "Thorazine is the only medication that works for my mania (so far... and I've tried a lot of things!). The two side effects that are bothersome include some stiffness and hangover effect after sleeping. But... really, it works for me when other medicines have not."

• one...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 11, 2017

For Hiccups "I just had my third bout of persistent hiccups in my life. The first two times I passed on using this drug nearly 9 and 12 years ago. They eventually went away on their own, but this time it was 6 days straight with a hiccup on every inhale and one for exhale, followed by some clusters put together. I took my first dose at bedtime and hiccuped to sleep, and the following morning my hiccups were almost gone. Three more doses that day and all I had were small hiccups once every two hours. Day three, all gone. No side effects, thank God! I will take it again if I am ever in the same spot."

• Cyb...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 8, 2017

For Schizophrenia "Thorazine, like Stelazine, is used in the treatment of schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders. The beneficial effects are better than any side effects. They have been in use for over thirty years."

• jen...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 13, 2013

For Light Sedation "My doctor prescribed me Thorazine for insomnia because she doesn't like Ambien, Xanax, etc. Felt like a zombie in the morning, plus I developed a tolerance from 50 mg to 100 mg in 2 weeks. Felt dead inside. After 100 mg and another 2 weeks, had trouble sleeping again, and the doctor told me to double the dose. I didn't do it."

• jer...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 14, 2016

For Hiccups "I was prescribed this after an operation where the anesthesia induced severe hiccupping for about 6 hours. Took one tablet and 20 minutes later, no hiccups. When I went to the Philippines, I got hiccups again and went to a drug store (no prescription needed), got the lowest dosage (5 mg, I think), and my hiccups were gone in 15 minutes."

• Jak...
• February 4, 2016

For Schizophrenia "As a child, it helped me at a high dose for 6 1/2 years. Now my son is taking it at a high dose, it's a night-and-day difference, but also he's having side effects that limit his function to the point his blood pressure is very unstable, and he is having muscle rigidity, tremors, vagal syncope. An ER doctor said autonomic instability. We are lowering it now to be able to add another with fewer side effects with his arrhythmia, which, even with me being autistic schizophrenic like him, is challenging to control and watch as he's in full psychosis at this point. But I will say Thorazine is golden compared to the rest, and we've tried the rest. He likes the calm, and it actually stops the parasomnia. But it's just now the serious side effects of this."

• Dan...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• December 12, 2015

For Mania "Landed in a number of mental health hospitals starting when I was about eight, ending when I was 17. On and off, months at a time, not constantly. 1970s medical thought was giving a boy child Ritalin would slow him down, I proved that not to always be the case as it made me bounce off the walls with hyperactivity, which the psychiatrists would treat with ever-increasing doses of Thorazine injected into a buttock, with four to six orderlies holding me down and an RN following instructions by knocking me out with the Thorazine. I would fight the sleep, but it always got me. When I was awoken between (I think) 8 to 12 hours later, I felt like death warmed over, could not eat, hungover, raised hell next day for it. Not cool at all to do to a child."

• Dea...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• April 1, 2023

For Mania "This first-generation old antipsychotic, Thorazine, is the best. Thorazine 25 mg tablet, twice daily, helps with mood severity and skewed thoughts. It stops me from verbal and physical altercations. I don't have any side effects from Thorazine. I take Cogentin to prevent extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS). Many doctors say newer second-generation antipsychotics have fewer side effects. However, I developed Tardive Dyskinesia, permanent, involuntary movements of my tongue from Latuda, a newer second-generation antipsychotic, in less than 6 months. Latuda gave me high prolactin levels, stopping my menstruation and making my breasts enlarged, growing out of my bra, 2 sizes larger. My doctor put me on Vitamin B6, 200-250 mg, 3 times per day to bring my menstruation back. I failed Vraylar, which gave me anxiety; Geodon, and drooling while awake; Abilify, a 60 lbs weight gain; Fanapt, chest pain; Caplyta, is too sedating; and Invega is ineffective. Thorazine and 2 mood stabilizers, Trileptal and Lamictal, work."

• Don...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• May 13, 2019

For Light Sedation "Thorazine does more harm than good. I was prescribed it to help me sleep and to help my mood, but it can cause stuffy nose and other symptoms, which I didn't like, so I stopped taking it, and I feel better without it. Heard it's an old, outdated prescription drug anyway."

• Fen...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 8, 2017

For Hiccups "I was given a large dose of dexamethasone to reduce swelling after total shoulder replacement, and began to hiccup. After 48 hours, I was exhausted and sore from hiccups. My doctor gave me a dose of Thorazine. It knocked me out, and the hiccups stopped and did not return."

• C L...
• May 2, 2017

For Porphyria "I have struggled a lot from psychosis worsened by Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP)/Variegate Porphyria (VP). Originally, it was thought that I was a high-functioning schizophrenic, with various other labels. Thorazine, when it was first used on me, was to calm me down when I was on the brink of a blackout rage, effectively knocking me out, and for a while after I woke up, the hallucinations were surprisingly minimized. Once released from that facility, I was on a treatment hiatus. Later, I was prescribed Thorazine again. It didn't make it all go away. But it helped take the edge off and helped me maintain control."

• Lau...
• February 14, 2015

For Nausea/Vomiting "After having surgery for gastric reflux and a major hernia, I was unable to keep anything down, including water. My Dr. tried me on Zofran, Scopolamine patch, and Phenergan with barely any effect. He eventually brought me back in to get some IV fluids into me. That was when he tried me on Thorazine. It works wonderfully on my vomiting. The only problem I have with it at all is that it makes me so drowsy, understatement-it knocks me out. But it was worth it to be able to get something down so I didn't get dehydrated again."

• sta...
• July 26, 2016

For Light Sedation "I have been on Thorazine since 1996. I take 1000 mg a day. The doctor keeps increasing it too. It is the only thing he will give me to sleep. I was on Klonopin 1 mg before I started the Thorazine, and it worked great, but my doctor said he doesn't want me to take it anymore because it is a narcotic, so he took it away and doubled my Thorazine. He also put me on Seroquel 200 mg twice a day. The only thing is I can't do much but lay around all day. I don't like the Seroquel, but he said it's better than Klonopin for me and the Thorazine dose is getting too high."

• Kmj...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 23, 2017

For Hiccups "My eleven-year-old daughter gets severe hiccups as a side effect from chemotherapy. Although the last thing she needs is another drug in her body, we turned to this after traditional tricks stopped working."

• Ter...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• February 19, 2015

"The medication took away my alters' connection to me, which at first was really scary because I'd always relied on them to come out and live my life for me when things got rough. I realized soon after starting the drug how little I knew my best friends and how much my disorder actually affected my relationships with them. It scared them and made them come to not trust me at times. Now, I'm scared of not taking it. It has allowed me to learn better coping mechanisms than hiding behind a facade or letting others deal with my problems instead. It has actually helped me realize I don't need the help of my alters to get through a day."

• Joh...
• August 30, 2022

For Psychosis "I was on this medicine along with Stelazine back in 1971. I hated the way it made me feel, but I had had a nervous breakdown, and my doctors told me to take it, so I did. I got fired from my job, and overall, this drug reduced my life to being not worth living. My side effects were extreme fatigue and oversedation. Overall, a miserable feeling similar to hay fever."

• Anonymous
• July 13, 2009

For Light Sedation "The intramuscular is far better than oral, I found. The only drawback is that you will have a very sore bottom afterwards. Thorazine IM does hurt, but it's well worth it in the long run if your stomach gets upset very easily. The onset is much quicker, yet the effect is more mellow than the same dose given orally. Again, Thorazine IM does hurt, so keep that in mind if it is ever suggested."

• Mic...
• July 28, 2023

For Hiccups "My husband has small B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He has finished his chemo, but his antibody treatment will go on for two more years, according to the oncology hematologist. After his last two treatments, which are now two months apart, he had horrible hiccups. We mentioned it to the oncology hematologist yesterday at his treatment. She ordered a Thorazine 25 mg tablet. We waited for the hiccups today and they showed up. He took the Thorazine tablet and within 45 minutes, the hiccups were gone!"