Trifluoperazine: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Trifluoperazine is a medicine sold in the U.S. under 2 brand and generic names. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Available as
- Tablet
- Sold as
- 2 products — Stelazine and Trifluoperazine Hydrochloride
- Prescription?
- Prescription only
- Generic available?
- Yes
- What the pharmacy pays
- about $22 for a 30-count supply — not your price
Every trifluoperazine product we track (2)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
| # | Drug | Rating | Type | Form | Generic? | Pharmacy pays | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 72/100 | Prescription | Tablet | Generic | $22 | View → | |
| 2 | Not yet rated | Prescription | Tablet | Generic | $22 | View → |
What trifluoperazine pills look like
Imprint codes, colour and shape from the FDA’s labelling data. Match the imprint on your pill — or search any imprint.
How long trifluoperazine keeps
No trifluoperazine label we read sets a separate limit for after opening, but they do specify how it must be stored — and the stability behind any date assumes those conditions.
Trifluoperazine and breastfeeding
From LactMed, the US National Library of Medicine’s Drugs and Lactation Database — quoted, not rewritten.
Full LactMed record for trifluoperazine: levels in milk, effects in breastfed infants, and the drugs it would consider insteadLimited information indicates that maternal doses of trifluoperazine up to 10 mg daily do not affect the breastfed infant. Very limited long-term follow-up data indicate no adverse developmental effects when other phenothiazines are used alone. A safety scoring system finds trifluoperazine to be not recommended during breastfeeding. Because there is little published experience with trifluoperazine during breastfeeding, other antipsychotic agents may be preferred, especially wile nursing an newborn or preterm infant.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, record revised March 15, 2025. LactMed states its information is not a substitute for professional judgement.
What people report to the FDA about trifluoperazine
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 162 reports naming trifluoperazine, and the FDA flagged 81% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- euphoric mood45 reports
- weight increased45 reports
- akathisia41 reports
- increased appetite41 reports
- leukopenia41 reports
- antipsychotic drug level below therapeutic40 reports
- disinhibition40 reports
- hypertension40 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean trifluoperazine caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved August 26, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
Can you take trifluoperazine with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run trifluoperazine against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What brand names is trifluoperazine sold under?
We track 2 trifluoperazine-containing products in the U.S.: Stelazine and Trifluoperazine Hydrochloride. They are the same active ingredient; they differ in form, manufacturer, price and FDA recall record.
What forms does trifluoperazine come in?
Across the brands we track, trifluoperazine is currently marketed as tablet, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.
Is there a generic trifluoperazine?
Yes. Our catalog lists 1 generic trifluoperazine product alongside the brand versions. A generic has the same active ingredient and must meet the FDA's bioequivalence standard; it usually costs less. Ask your pharmacist which one your plan covers.
Cite this page
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- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Trifluoperazine: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/trifluoperazine
- MLA
- “Trifluoperazine: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/trifluoperazine.
We summarise public FDA and NIH sources — for a clinical claim, cite the primary source we link to as well.
Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for trifluoperazine on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.