fluphenazine

Before taking fluphenazine, tell your doctor about all other medications you use.

Ask your doctor how to avoid withdrawal symptoms when you stop using fluphenazine.

This list is not complete and there are many other drugs that can interact with fluphenazine.

It is not known whether fluphenazine will harm an unborn baby.

Stop using fluphenazine and call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as:

Do not use if you are allergic to fluphenazine or other phenothiazines.

Fluphenazine may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Drinking alcohol can increase certain side effects of fluphenazine.

Do not stop using fluphenazine suddenly after long-term use, or you could have unpleasant withdrawal symptoms.

If you need surgery, tell the surgeon ahead of time that you are using fluphenazine.

Your pharmacist can provide more information about fluphenazine.

Fluphenazine may cause heart failure, sudden death, or pneumonia in older adults with dementia-related conditions.

The direct deposition of fluphenazine in the cornea and retina has so far not been reported.

To make sure you can safely take fluphenazine, tell your doctor if you have any of these other conditions:

A brand name for the generic Fluphenazine hydrochloride - an antipsychotic drug.

Although brand-name fluphenazine is no longer manufactured, a generic version is still available.

Fluphenazine may impair your thinking or reactions.

You should breast-feed while taking fluphenazine.

Long-acting formulas that are given every 2 to 4 weeks are available for fluphenazine and haloperidol.

Drug interaction between ascorbic acid and fluphenazine.

Tell your doctor if you will be exposed to extreme heat or cold, or to insecticide poisons while you are taking fluphenazine.

On 9 November, testing of the blood B-sample confirmed traces of fluphenazine and zuclopenthixol.

Several of the more commonly prescribed neuroleptics include thioridazine, haloperidol, chlorpromazine, fluphenazine and perphenazine.

Haloperidol and fluphenazine cause NMS most often.

Taking anti-Parkinson drugs benztropine mesylate or trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride along with the fluphenazine usually controls these symptoms.