Haloperidol
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Haloperidol(中文:[[ ]]) is a typical antipsychotic medication. It is used in the treatment of various psychoses including:
- Schizophrenia
- Bipolar disorder
- Delirium
- in Tourette’s syndrome and severe tics
- in intractable hiccups
- in severe anxiety including for sedation of patients in intensive care or palliative care
(in the management of nausea and vomiting of various causes
It may be used by mouth. A long-acting formulation may be used as an injection every 4 weeks in people with schizophrenia, who either forget or refuse to take the medication by mouth. Doses are expressed in terms of the equivalent amount of haloperidol. Haliperidol decanoate 141 mg is equivalent to about 100 mg of haloperiodl. Dosages should be reduced in elderly or debilitated patients; a usual starting dose is half the normal adult dose.
