Chlorpromazine User Reviews & Ratings

• Rac...
• February 6, 2020

For Schizophrenia "Came off Mirtazapine 15 mg cold turkey, which was not a great move. My NS was a mess, propranolol gave me hallucinations as a side effect, as my system was just so hypersensitive. Diazepam just didn't work to settle me down. Ended up in the A and E twice. First time, chest pains, heart fine, blood work fine. Tried to reinstate Mirtazapine (after 11 weeks off), didn't work, felt worse. Back to A and E after 5 days back on the Mirtazapine as I had become suicidal. Then prescribed Chlorpromazine 25 mg, 3 times a day. It's saved my life. Started feeling better after 2 days and settled my system right down. Been on it for 12 days, and apart from a bit of grogginess, I feel amazing. I truly thought I was never going to get better, but I'm improving every day. Was so afraid to try anything because of messing myself up going cold turkey, but it's taken away all fear and paranoia. Please don't ever play around with your meds. I don't want anyone to go through what I experienced for the last 3 months. Chlorpromazine has literally saved my life. God bless."

• Anonymous
• June 13, 2010

Chlorpromazine for Hiccups "My husband normally never has the hiccups, but on the night of day 3 after having bowel resection surgery from diverticulitis, he was no longer passing gas. Instead, he was belching, burping, and hiccuping. He would hiccup for hours, then stop for a bit, and this just kept going on and on, increasing the pain of the surgical site and getting no sleep. On the night of day 6, Thorazine was added to his IV, and within 10 minutes, the hiccups were gone, and he was finally sleeping comfortably."

• Nic...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 21, 2013

Chlorpromazine for Hiccups "I had hiccups for 48 hours continuously and was hiccupping about 15,000 times a day. I went to my GP and was prescribed Chlorpromazine. I was reluctant to try it at first because of the side effects but it did work after being on a 25mg dose three times a day after 72 hours. It does take a while to kick in and have an effect but it did work. Make sure you come off them slowly and gradually otherwise it makes you feel nauseous and sick. Your urine may also be a lot darker in color and smell differently."

• VaB...
• January 19, 2013

Chlorpromazine for Hiccups "I write this to help others. I actually had the hiccups for eight straight days...yes 8! I couldn't eat without hiccuping and sleep without hiccuping. I had no health insurance, which is why I waited so long before seeking professional medical advice/treatment. On that eighth day, I went to a 'Doc-in-a-Box,' and the doctor prescribed 'Thorazine,' only ten! Within 30 minutes of taking the first one, the hiccups were gone! I had nine more pills (low dosage) left. Each time I took one, it was like I was the 'King of the World'! I had a constant smile on my face and wanted to hug everyone, but I could still maintain."

• Ott...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• July 5, 2014

Chlorpromazine for Schizophrenia "This is the only medicine which has worked for my schizophrenia. It's a nightmare to take to begin with, need to gradually increase the dose, but has kept me reasonably well and coping for years. Only side effects for me are dry mouth and solar sensitivity, I don't like the sun anyway, so no matter. But the dry mouth does limit the dose. It helps me sleep too."

• bm1...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• August 20, 2017

For Psychosis "I have struggled with bipolar depression with psychotic features for years. I have tried around 30 medications with no results. My doctor decided to try chlorpromazine to help. The honest truth is it's a lifesaver. Not only do I sleep 8 hours of restful deep sleep, I wake up every morning happy and ready to take on the day. It has helped my depression tremendously and has helped eliminate my psychotic features. The only side effects I have are drowsiness and dizziness, but nothing I can't handle. I take 200 mg at bedtime and will soon ask to raise it to 300 mg. My advice is if you want to be happy, healthy, and sleep great, chlorpromazine is a miracle drug and I could not be more satisfied."

• Anonymous
• October 21, 2012

Chlorpromazine for Hiccups "Dad was hiccuping badly for two days straight - nothing was working, and attempting to get water or fluids down didn't work. Hiccups got worse, and he began to vomit. When we saw blood, we took him to the emergency room - they brought Thorazine, and within 10-20 minutes, he stopped hiccuping... he had one short flare-up while moving around, but after 20-30 minutes, it went away, and he was sleeping. Hopefully, this does the trick and keeps him from hiccuping - but for sure, it's a good emergency medicine to stop painful and persistent hiccups."

• Jbi...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 21, 2017

Chlorpromazine for Hiccups "I had chronic hiccups for 4 days. I went to the emergency room, they gave me a choice of Valium or Thorazine. I went with the Valium, the Valium did nothing. I then continued to have hiccups for two more days. I then went back to the ER and took the Thorazine. Hiccups gone in 15 minutes. This is the drug to get rid of hiccups for sure!!!!"

• Txk...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 26, 2017

Chlorpromazine for Hiccups "I occasionally get severe hiccups that only last 24 to 36 hours, but when I get them, I gasp for air. I have 30 and 40 hiccups at the same time and rapid contraction, and I'm fighting to breathe, and then I'll throw up, mostly stomach bile. I'm in the hospital recovering from surgery on my leg, and I got the hiccups earlier this afternoon. I took a muscle relaxer, and it didn't do anything. The doctor prescribed me some Thorazine, which I have never had. Within 10 minutes of the injection in my arm, my hiccups are completely gone. I am a true believer."

• one...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 11, 2017

Chlorpromazine for Hiccups "I just had my third bout of persistent hiccups in my life. The first two times I passed on using this drug nearly 9 and 12 years ago. They eventually went away on their own, but this time it was 6 days straight with a hiccup on every inhale and one for exhale, followed by some clusters put together. I took my first dose at bedtime and hiccuped to sleep, and the following morning my hiccups were almost gone. Three more doses that day and all I had were small hiccups once every two hours. Day three, all gone. No side effects, thank God! I will take it again if I am ever in the same spot."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 13, 2014

For Schizophrenia "Chlorpromazine stops the voices because it knocks you the hell out. I take this medication at night, one 50 mg is enough to knock me out at 5 feet 11 inches and 200 lbs. If you have decent general health, a lower dose will be potent. I haven't needed anything more than the nightly dose, I am also on lithium, which is wonderful. The combination works great together for me. I have not had any serious negative side effects, I am working out more and losing weight. I was unable to do this on risperidone, Atypical, Abilify, or anything else I have been put on. The only thing stopping me from giving this a 10-star review is that most doctors prescribe chlorpromazine for daily use. I would not be able to function on this during the day."

• Ric...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• March 19, 2018

Chlorpromazine for Mania "Thorazine is the only medication that works for my mania (so far... and I've tried a lot of things!). The two side effects that are bothersome include some stiffness and hangover effect after sleeping. But... really, it works for me when other medicines have not."

• jen...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 13, 2013

Chlorpromazine for Light Sedation "My doctor prescribed me Thorazine for insomnia because she doesn't like Ambien, Xanax, etc. Felt like a zombie in the morning, plus I developed a tolerance from 50 mg to 100 mg in 2 weeks. Felt dead inside. After 100 mg and another 2 weeks, had trouble sleeping again, and the doctor told me to double the dose. I didn't do it."

• jer...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 14, 2016

Chlorpromazine for Hiccups "I was prescribed this after an operation where the anesthesia induced severe hiccupping for about 6 hours. Took one tablet and 20 minutes later, no hiccups. When I went to the Philippines, I got hiccups again and went to a drug store (no prescription needed), got the lowest dosage (5 mg, I think), and my hiccups were gone in 15 minutes."

• Cyb...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 8, 2017

Chlorpromazine for Schizophrenia "Thorazine, like Stelazine, is used in the treatment of schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders. The beneficial effects are better than any side effects. They have been in use for over thirty years."

• Dan...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• December 12, 2015

Chlorpromazine for Mania "Landed in a number of mental health hospitals starting when I was about eight, ending when I was 17. On and off, months at a time, not constantly. 1970s medical thought was giving a boy child Ritalin would slow him down, I proved that not to always be the case as it made me bounce off the walls with hyperactivity, which the psychiatrists would treat with ever-increasing doses of Thorazine injected into a buttock, with four to six orderlies holding me down and an RN following instructions by knocking me out with the Thorazine. I would fight the sleep, but it always got me. When I was awoken between (I think) 8 to 12 hours later, I felt like death warmed over, could not eat, hungover, raised hell next day for it. Not cool at all to do to a child."

• Jak...
• February 4, 2016

Chlorpromazine for Schizophrenia "As a child, it helped me at a high dose for 6 1/2 years. Now my son is taking it at a high dose, it's a night-and-day difference, but also he's having side effects that limit his function to the point his blood pressure is very unstable, and he is having muscle rigidity, tremors, vagal syncope. An ER doctor said autonomic instability. We are lowering it now to be able to add another with fewer side effects with his arrhythmia, which, even with me being autistic schizophrenic like him, is challenging to control and watch as he's in full psychosis at this point. But I will say Thorazine is golden compared to the rest, and we've tried the rest. He likes the calm, and it actually stops the parasomnia. But it's just now the serious side effects of this."

• yee...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 9, 2021

For Hiccups "My partner started hiccuping non-stop for nearly 7 days. He went to the ER after the second day, and they prescribed one med (metoclopramide 10 mg), and it didn't work. Then he went to his PCP this past Friday and got a prescription for chlorpromazine 25 mg. He started with 1 pill every 6 hours, then increased on the 2nd day to about 2 pills every 6 hours (dr. approved this). Here we are on the 3rd day in the morning, and he hiccuped a little, then, the next thing we knew, he stopped! Now he has been sleeping for nearly 3 hours to catch up on his lost sleep from this past week. We were going to check into acupuncture, but it looks like we won't have to. I'm truly relieved, although I wish we could find out what the underlying problem that led to the persistent hiccuping."

• Cra...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• May 6, 2019

For Hiccups "This is my review for chlorpromazine for hiccups - it works. I have GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease) and esophageal constriction. I got to the point where carbonated drinks and alcohol, in particular, were causing gastric distress, including vomiting and hiccups. Those were the seeming precursors, which I have since given up. My hiccup bouts are so long that I can't keep track, in every case, over a week. I go to bed hiccuping and pray that I can go to sleep, and to not again see the dawn instead. I have had multiple days where this has happened. At its worst, I can't eat or drink anything, as I will vomit it right back out. When it mellows, such as now, I get the hiccups for hours or days at a time. I used 25 mg of Thorazine, 3x a day for 5 days last time, that worked. This time, no. The recommended dose is 25-50 mg. I am also a big guy, 240 lbs., trying to get my doctor to up the dosage to 50."

• Nic...
• April 3, 2015

For Mania "This medicine has helped me far better than any of the other concoctions, and doesn't have as much of the weight gain problem. I am on 400 mg. My insurance hates that I take it and charges me $133 for it, and it's worth every penny. It stops many urges that come along with mania, but it does flatten you out-those of you that are bipolar know what I'm talking about. This medicine helps me get into actual REM sleep, and there are no nightmares; and it keeps me calm all day long. I love it."

• Don...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• May 13, 2019

Chlorpromazine for Light Sedation "Thorazine does more harm than good. I was prescribed it to help me sleep and to help my mood, but it can cause stuffy nose and other symptoms, which I didn't like, so I stopped taking it, and I feel better without it. Heard it's an old, outdated prescription drug anyway."

• Fen...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 8, 2017

Chlorpromazine for Hiccups "I was given a large dose of dexamethasone to reduce swelling after total shoulder replacement, and began to hiccup. After 48 hours, I was exhausted and sore from hiccups. My doctor gave me a dose of Thorazine. It knocked me out, and the hiccups stopped and did not return."

• Eye...
• April 12, 2017

For Opiate Withdrawal "16 years ago, I was in the hospital doing a medical detox for heroin and cocaine. I was the worst patient on our hall and have barely any memory of the six days that I was there because I was given Thorazine to help me cope with the severity of my withdrawals. I then went to a treatment facility directly after and was given two more injections of Thorazine when I got there because my withdrawals were still very bad. Within a few days, I realized that my vision was double. I looked in the mirror and realized my left eye was crossed. I had decomposition esophoria. My left eye was crossed for six months. I was lucky! It could've been permanent, and they would've had to operate."

• C L...
• May 2, 2017

Chlorpromazine for Porphyria "I have struggled a lot from psychosis worsened by Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP)/Variegate Porphyria (VP). Originally, it was thought that I was a high-functioning schizophrenic, with various other labels. Thorazine, when it was first used on me, was to calm me down when I was on the brink of a blackout rage, effectively knocking me out, and for a while after I woke up, the hallucinations were surprisingly minimized. Once released from that facility, I was on a treatment hiatus. Later, I was prescribed Thorazine again. It didn't make it all go away. But it helped take the edge off and helped me maintain control."

• Lau...
• February 14, 2015

Chlorpromazine for Nausea/Vomiting "After having surgery for gastric reflux and a major hernia, I was unable to keep anything down, including water. My Dr. tried me on Zofran, Scopolamine patch, and Phenergan with barely any effect. He eventually brought me back in to get some IV fluids into me. That was when he tried me on Thorazine. It works wonderfully on my vomiting. The only problem I have with it at all is that it makes me so drowsy, understatement-it knocks me out. But it was worth it to be able to get something down so I didn't get dehydrated again."