Serpasiln.
/ˈsəːpəsɪl/ Pharmacology.
A proprietary name for reserpine.
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1953 Trade Marks Jrnl. 29 Apr. 358/2 Serpasil... Ciba Limited... Switzerland.
1953 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 20 Oct. 564/2 Ciba Pharmaceutical Products, Inc... Serpasil. For sedative, hypotensive, and spasmolytic agent... Claims use since Mar. 17, 1953.
1954 Jrnl. Pharmacol. & Exper. Therapeutics 110 205 This alkaloid, Serpasil (formerly known as Reserpine), produces a prolonged central nervous system depression in laboratory animals.
1963 Times 31 May 19/5 Among the anti~hypertensives doctors showed great interest in Serpasil.
1967 H. Beckman Dilemmas in Drug Therapy 175/1 Usual dosages of the Rauwolfia preparations employed in treating hypertension are as follows:..reserpine (Reserpoid, Serpasil, etc.), orally, 0·25–1·0 mg. daily in two or three divided doses.
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