final classification of the less-than-effective indications requires further investigation
Thorazine advertisement, 1973

HELPS KEEP THE REAL IN REALITY
THORAZINE® brand of CHLORPROMAZINE
Effective Management of Psychotic Symptoms

* Calms hyperactive behavior
* Controls hostility
* Decreases delusions, auditory and visual hallucinations
* Allays underlying fear, anxiety and tension
* Lessens unusual thought content, paranoid ideation
* Reduces emotional withdrawal
© 1967, 1968, 1969 Smith Kline & French Laboratories

[Warnings include]
Use in pregnancy only when essential. There are reported instances of jaundice or prolonged
extrapyramidal signs in newborn whose mother had received chlorpormazine.

[Adverse reactions include]
neuromuscular (extrapyramidal) reactions; pseudo-parkinsonism, motor restlessness, dystonias,
persistent tardive dyskinesia, hyperreflexia in the newborn.

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