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
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