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Antipsychotic vs Droperidol - What's the difference?

antipsychotic | droperidol |

As nouns the difference between antipsychotic and droperidol

is that antipsychotic is any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis while droperidol is an antidopaminergic drug used as an antiemetic and antipsychotic.

As an adjective antipsychotic

is preventing or counteracting psychosis.

antipsychotic

English

(wikipedia antipsychotic)

Adjective

(-)
  • (pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting psychosis.

    • Synonyms

    * neuroleptic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pharmacology) Any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis.

    • Synonyms

    * neuroleptic

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    droperidol

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia droperidol)
  • An antidopaminergic drug used as an antiemetic and antipsychotic.