Tuesday, 24 March 2020

Pimozide To Avoid Suicide



                                                      Social Isolation and Depression




Social Isolation Can Make You Psychotic 

Pimozide To Avoid Suicide 




Pimozide: First Generation High Potency Antipsychotic 

Pimozide (sold under the brand name Orap) is an antipsychotic drug of the diphenylbutylpiperidine class. It was discovered at Janssen Pharmaceutica in 1963. It has a high potency compared to chlorpromazine (ratio 50-70:1). On a weight basis it is even more potent than haloperidol. It also has special neurologic indications for Tourette syndrome and resistant tics. The side effects include akathisia, tardive dyskinesia, and, more rarely, neuroleptic malignant syndrome 



Pimozide Is A Neuroleptic Antipsychotic 



Pimozide: Strong D2/D3/5HT2A Blocker 

Indicated For Chronic Psychosis

Pimozide works by decreasing the activity of natural substance in brain 



Current Events


Total Lockdown From Midnight, Stay At Home For 21 Days: PM On Coronavirus

Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a "complete" lockdown for India's 1.3 billion people on Tuesday, warning that "many families will be destroyed forever" if the country didn't get to grips with its coronavirus outbreak in the next three weeks.
Modi said the lockdown would start at midnight local time, would last for a minimum of 21 days, and would apply to all of India's 36 states and territories.
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