CPZ
Compazine (prochlorperazine)
What CPZ stands for
CPZ is a medical abbreviation for compazine (prochlorperazine) - written out in full as “Prochlorperazine”. TermDecode files it under medication abbreviations.
Risk
ISMP lists CPZ as error-prone: prochlorperazine may be mistaken as chlorpromazine.
Safer Alternative
Write "prochlorperazine" or "Compazine"
Seen in context
CPZ confused with chlorpromazine
Sources
The risk description and safer alternative above are reproduced from these published lists.
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