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drug of the day today, and that is loxapine. Brand name of this medication is Loxetane. That is an old,

old brand name. There's also an

inhalation form called Adisouvet, I believe is how it's pronounced. I have not seen this

inhaled formulation utilized, but I'll give you a brief rundown on that a little bit as well.

So indications, this medication is used for

schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and agitation associated with those disease states. As you could imagine,

this is an antipsychotic. It blocks dopamine or two receptors as well as some other things.

But this is a first generation antipsychotic, which it probably explains why you don't see it as often.

Mechanistically, I alluded to the dopamine blocking action. Certainly this medication has that.

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