Trifluoperazine

I also want to make some corrections from the last episode.

One, I told you that Stelazine came out in 1997.

I have no idea where I came up with this.

It actually came out in 1959.

I was like, I don't think a first generation would come out that late.

And then what use would there be for it? No, no, no.

And Stelazine trifloparazine, it actually did come out in 1959.

I apologize for that mistake.

And then there's the Matthias factor.

Gary Matthias was a certified paranoid schizophrenic who required daily medication, Stelazine and Thorazine, to remain stable.

He didn't have his medication with him.

Some theorists suggest that Matthias suffered a psychotic break in the car, and the other four men, being gentle and loyal friends, followed him into the woods out of a desire to keep him safe, eventually becoming lost themselves.

And then there's the Mathias factor.

Gary Mathias was a certified paranoid schizophrenic who required daily medication, Stelazine and Thorazine, to remain stable.

He didn't have his medication with him.

Some theorists suggest that Mathias suffered a psychotic break in the car, and the other four men, being gentle and loyal friends, followed him into the woods out of a desire to keep him safe, eventually becoming lost themselves.

Here he carefully keeps a record of his medications.

Stelazine.

I could not quench my thirst.

I had to struggle to breathe.

They couldn't pick their legs up and walk like normal human beings anywhere.

They'd been on Thorazine or some antipsychotic drug for years, and Thorazine and Stelazine and were the two big ones that they were giving out in the 70s.

So the side effects of those were dizziness, drowsiness, anxiety, problems sleeping.

It's like this agitated weariness.

And then lastly, we have, see if I can pronounce this guy, tri- uh, trifluoperazine.

It's another one that's kinda tricky to pronounce.

Stelazine, um, 1997.

I mean, I, I can't even believe it was that late.

1997.

I'm...

I should look into this.

Like, why does Stelazine exist? I've never seen it used.

Okay.

Anyway, um, next we are labeling this as perphenazine, AKA Trilafon, but I want you to also think of thioridazine, Mellaril, and trifluoperazine, Stelazine.

These are kinda the miscellaneous first generations that got forgotten.

You might not even be able to get it in your area depending on where you are.

Barry and Joel struck a deal with a small Ontario chemical company that held licenses for two patented drugs.

The tranquilizer sold as Librium and the antipsychotic sold as Stelazine.

And within a few months, Empire was selling its own generic versions.

The company became profitable.

And, and you know, people used to give us champagne and liquors for Christmas so the little nunnies would like a little drinky poo at Christmas, and this one especially did.

[laughing] And, um, it was just, "Oh, don't drink," they were saying, "And don't use any mind-altering drugs." Now, I wasn't really involved with drugs as there are drugs today, but I did have open prescriptions for Elavil, Stelazine, Librium, and Valium [laughing].

[laughs] And when I [laughs] when I sort of swilled those down with a little drop of whatever I could get, you know, uh, they made me feel like the music on Twilight Zone.

[humming] [laughing] Now, Tony, I think I heard you saying yesterday that they made you slur your words, and I, I think that that was the reason I stopped, you know, I stopped using the, the prescription drugs just on my own because I just didn't like the way they felt.