Pimozide (sold under the brand name Orap) is a neuroleptic drug of the diphenylbutylpiperidine class. It was discovered at Janssen Pharmaceutica in 1963. It has a high potency compared to …

2023年8月9日 · What is pimozide? Pimozide works by changing the actions of chemicals in the brain. Pimozide is used in people with Tourette's syndrome. Pimozide suppresses the physical …

2024年11月1日 · Pimozide belongs to a group of medicines called first-generation (typical) antipsychotics. It blocks some areas in the brain where the natural chemical, dopamine, works.

2025年3月1日 · Pimozide works in the central nervous system to help control the vocal outbursts and uncontrolled, repeated movements of the body (tics) that may interfere with the patient's …

Pimozide is in a class of medications called conventional antipsychotics. It works by decreasing abnormal excitement in the brain. How should this medicine be used?

Pimozide is an orally active antipsychotic drug product which shares with other antipsychotics the ability to blockade dopaminergic receptors on neurons in the central nervous system.

2020年2月25日 · What is pimozide used for? Pimozide is used to lower the number of tics in patients with Tourette's syndrome. Pimozide may be given to you for other reasons. Talk to …

2024年6月20日 · Pimozide is used to treat symptoms of Tourette's syndrome. It is used only for patients with severe symptoms who cannot take or have not been helped by other medicines …

2020年2月17日 · Pimozide, a diphenylbutylperidine conventional antipsychotic, is a potent centrally-acting dopamine-receptor antagonist resulting in its characteristic neuroleptic effects. …

Antipsychotic agent; diphenylbutylpiperidine-derivative. Suppression of motor and vocal tics of Tourette’s syndrome (Gilles de la Tourette’s syndrome) in adults and children who have failed …