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trihexyphenidyl

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  • noun An antiparkinsonian drug of the antimuscarinic class.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • After treatment with trihexyphenidyl, there was some improvement in the patient's visual symptoms.

    New England Journal of Medicine 2009

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