Chloracyzine is an antidepressant and coronary vasodilator of the phenothiazine class, invented in Russia and used as an anti-anginal agent.[1] It was found not to have antipsychotic activity, but was instead the first Russian tricyclic drug with antidepressant action.[2]

References

  1. ^ Baum T, Wendt RL, Bergey JL (1977). "Chapter 5: Antiarrhythmic and Antianginal Agents". In Clarke FH (ed.). Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry. Vol. 12. Elsevier Science. p. 46. doi:10.1016/S0065-7743(08)61543-2. ISBN 978-0-08-058356-3.
  2. ^ ДС Данилов (2019). "История трициклических антидепрессантов и ее значение для современной психофармакотерапии" [History of tricyclic antidepressants and its impact on current psychopharmacotherapy]. Социальная и клиническая психиатрия (in Russian).