mesoridazine

n. a conventional antipsychotic of the piperidine phenothiazine class. Mesoridazine is a low-potency agent that is a metabolic product of thioridazine. Like the latter drug, its use is associated with life-threatening disturbances in heart rhythm (prolongation of the Q-T interval potentially leading to torsades de pointes syndrome; see electrocardiographic effect). It should not be administered to individuals taking other drugs that prolong the Q-T interval or who have a history of heart rhythm disturbances, and it is appropriate for the treatment of schizophrenia only in individuals who have not responded to other antipsychotic agents. U.S. trade name: Serentil.

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Psychology term of the day

February 25th 2025

hedonic time-order error

a preference for one of two otherwise equally preferred stimuli that arises because of the time interval that separates their presentation. The first stimulus is preferred when the interval is brief, and the second stimulus is preferred when the interval is lengthier.