Off-Label Uses
It is also sometimes prescribed off-label forbipolar disorderand managing severe nausea and vomiting.
Perphenazine is infrequently prescribed today and has been largely replaced by lower-potency, second-generation antipsychotics.
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This means it has more, and potentially more serious, side effects than newer,atypical antipsychotics.
Still, it can be a good choice for treatment for certain people.
This includes tardive dyskinesia, a movement disorder that can be caused when taking antipsychotic medications.
Tardive dyskinesia may not go away after you stop using the medicine.
However, first-generation antipsychotics such as perphenazine are used less frequently today.
Instead, other medications are often prescribed to treat symptoms of bipolar disorder.
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