Neuroleptanalgesic

The word neuroleptic originates from the Greek word lepsis ("seizure" or "fit").[1] Antipsychotics (a.k.a. neuroleptics or tranquilizers) were investigate by the anesthesiologists De Castro and Mundeleer who coined the term neuroleptanalgesia, an anesthetic process that involves combining a major neuroleptic tranquilizer/antipsychotic (typically the potent D2 receptor antagonist droperidol) and the potent opioid analgesic fentanyl to produce a detached, pain-free state. Neuroleptanalgesia results in amnesia among some, but not all, patients.[2]

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  1. ↑ Moby's Medical Dictionary. Elsevier.
  2. ↑ Livingstone, Churchill. "Neuroleptanalgesia-Anesthesia". Retrieved 24 February 2014.


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