Antipsychotic vs Reserpine - What's the difference?

antipsychotic | reserpine |


As nouns the difference between antipsychotic and reserpine

is that antipsychotic is any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis while reserpine is an alkaloid, isolated from the snakeroot plant, that is used as an antipsychotic and antihypertensive drug.

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

    reserpine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia reserpine) (-)
  • (organic compound) An alkaloid, isolated from the snakeroot plant, that is used as an antipsychotic and antihypertensive drug