Chlorpromazine

Chlorpromazine is an antipsychotic medication than can be used to treat anxiety, mania, psychosis and schizophrenia. Chlorpromazine is a 'first-generation antipsychotic'. An antipsychotic medicine helps to adjust the levels of dopamine and other chemicals available in your brain. Chlorpromazine reduces dopamine activity where it is too high, helping with symptoms like hallucinations. 

Side effects are common when you first start taking any medication, some of the common ones that come with chlorpromazine include:

• tiredness and sleeping more than usual

• feeling woozy

• constipation 

• dry mouth 

• stuffy nose

• lightheadednesss

• blurred eyesight

• weight gain

• skin can become very sensitive to sunlight

This is only a small list of the most common side effects, if you are worried about some side effects please ask your doctor.

Please do not worry about these side effects. Some people will not get any side effects at all. If you think you are getting side effects from taking Chlorpromazine, speak to your doctor or pharmacist. If you do get a side effect, please think about reporting it via the 'Yellow Card' system.

If you have taken more chlorpromazine than the dosage recommended by the doctor who prescribed it to you, you must get medial help immediately - even if you do not feel any different.