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major tranquilizer
major tranquilizer A major tranquilizer is a drug used to calm severely agitated psychotic behavior and to lessen acute psychotic states and other psychotic symptoms.
A major tranquilizer is a drug used to calm severely agitated psychotic behavior and to lessen acute psychotic states and other psychotic symptoms. The term often overlaps with antipsychotic drugs and is sometimes linked with the name neuroleptics because many such drugs can have neurological side effects, though not all do.