Definitions
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- noun An
antiparkinsonian drug of theantimuscarinic class.
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Examples
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The pills she had been given were not, according to the chart, antimalaria medication but an antispasm drug called trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride, used to counter facial muscle spasms that can be a side effect of a powerful antipsychotic called fluphenazine that had been given to Kimwana in an injection.
Crazy Like Us Ethan Watters 2010
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The most abused drug is called Artane, known generically as trihexyphenidyl but referred to in Iraq as the "pill of courage," with a marked sedative effect.
Iraq ill-equipped to cope with an epidemic of mental illness 2010
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The most abused drug is called Artane, known generically as trihexyphenidyl but referred to in Iraq as the "pill of courage," with a marked sedative effect.
Iraq ill-equipped to cope with an epidemic of mental illness 2010
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After treatment with trihexyphenidyl, there was some improvement in the patient's visual symptoms.
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