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Loxapine
Systematic (IUPAC) name
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Identifiers
CAS number	1977-10-2
ATC code	N05AH01
PubChem	3964
DrugBank	APRD00574
Chemical data
Formula	C18H18ClN3O
Mol. weight	327.808 g/mol
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability	?
Metabolism	?
Half life	Oral-4 hours
Excretion	?
Therapeutic considerations
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Legal status
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Loxapine (sold as Loxapac®, Loxitane®) is a typical antipsychotic medication, used primarily in the treatment of schizophrenia. It is a member of the dibenzodiazepine family and structurally related to clozapine. Several researchers have argued that Loxapine may behave as an atypical antipsychotic PMID 10340686

[edit] Side effects

Side effects include tardive dyskinesia, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, extrapyramidal side effects, tremor and sedation.

Antipsychotics (N05A) edit
Phenothiazine typical antipsychotics:	Chlorpromazine, Fluphenazine, Mesoridazine, Perphenazine, Prochlorperazine, Promazine, Thioridazine, Trifluoperazine
Other typical antipsychotics:	Chlorprothixene, Droperidol, Flupentixol, Haloperidol, Loxapine, Molindone, Pimozide, Sulforidazine, Thiothixene
Atypical antipsychotics:	Amisulpride, Aripiprazole, Clozapine, Olanzapine, Quetiapine, Risperidone/Paliperidone, Sertindole, Sulpiride, Ziprasidone, Zotepine