A conventional antipsychotic medication (a phenothiazine of the piperazine class) used to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. Now available only as generic but may still be known by the discontinued brand name stelazine.
An antipsychotic drug Stelazine is the brand name.
A major tranquilizer with uses and effects similar to those of chlorpromazine. Common side-effects include drowsiness, dizziness, dryness of mouth, muscular spasm and tremor, and amenorrhea.