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Fluphenazine
Essential medicine status
Section:
24. Medicines for mental and behavioural disorders 24.1. Medicines used in psychotic disorders
ATC codes: N05AB02
Indication
Schizophrenia or other primary psychotic disorders ICD11 code: 6A4Z
INN
Fluphenazine
Medicine type
Chemical agent
List type
Core
Formulations
Parenteral > General injections > IM: 25 mg per mL in ampoule (decanoate) ; 25 mg per mL in ampoule (enanthate)
EML status history
First added in 1977 (TRS 615)
Changed in 1979 (TRS 641)
Changed in 2021 (TRS 1035)
Sex
All
Age
Adolescents and adults
Therapeutic alternatives
Medicines within the same pharmacological class can be used
Therapeutic alternatives limitations
Therapeutic alternatives to be reviewed (2023)
Patent information
Patents have expired in most jurisdictions
Wikipedia
Fluphenazine
DrugBank
Fluphenazine
Summary of evidence and Expert Committee recommendations
Following the review of square box listings on the EML and EMLc, the Expert Committee requested the therapeutic alternatives for fluphenazine injection on the EML be reviewed.