Clopenthixol is a mixture ofcis andtransisomers.Zuclopenthixol, the purecis isomer, was later introduced by Lundbeck in 1962,[2] and has been much more widely used. Both drugs are equally effective as antipsychotics and have similaradverse effect profiles, but clopenthixol is half as active on a milligram-to-milligram basis and appears to produce moresedation in comparison.[3]
Clopenthixol is not approved for use in the United States.
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