Antipsychotic Agent

Preferred Label : Antipsychotic Agent;

NCIt synonyms : Antischizophrenic Agent; Major Tranquilizer;

NCIt related terms : antipsychotic; neuroleptic agent;

NCIt definition : Also known as neuroleptics, major tranquilizers, or antischizophrenics, natural or synthetic. Antipsychotic Agents relieve and control the symptoms of schizophrenic illness (hallucinations, delusions, dementia). Most antipsychotic agents interfere with various neurotransmitter functions, often blocking dopamine receptors, and induce diverse behavioral, endocrine, motor-kinetic effects. (NCI04);

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A type of drug used to treat symptoms of psychosis. These include hallucinations (sights, sounds, smells, tastes, or touches that a person believes to be real but are not real), delusions (false beliefs), and dementia (loss of the ability to think, remember, learn, make decisions, and solve problems). Most antipsychotic agents block the action of certain chemicals in the nervous system.;

ChEBI ID : CHEBI:35476;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000643110; CDR0000643111; CDR0000643109;

Details

Origin ID

C29710;

UMLS CUI

C0040615;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Anti-psychotic agent (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Antipsychotics [LOINC component]
- anti-psychotic agent, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- antipsychotic agents [MeSH Descriptor]
- antipsychotic agents [MeSH concept]
- antipsychotics [ATC Code]
- antipsychotics [Disease (Nov.)]
False automatic mappings
- Accidental poisoning by and exposure to antiepileptic, sedative-hypnotic, antiparkinsonism and psychotropic drugs, not elsewhere classified [ICD-10 category (who)]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Medicinal product acting as antipsychotic agent (product) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Pharmacologic Substance [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Anti-psychotic agent (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Antipsychotics [LOINC component]
- Antipsychotics [neuroleptics] [Bloc CIM-11]
- Medicinal product acting as antipsychotic agent (product) [SNOMED CT concept]
- anti-psychotic agent, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- antipsychotic agents [MeSH Descriptor]
- antipsychotic agents [MeSH concept]
- antipsychotics [ATC Code]
- antipsychotics [Disease (Nov.)]
chemical_or_drug_metabolism_is_associated_with_allele
- CYP2D6*1 Allele [NCIt concept]

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