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| − | '''Haloperidol''' (Marketed in the US as '''Haldol''') is a typical antipsycotic drug. It is used in the treatment of acute psychoisis in schiczophrenia and severe manic episodes in Bipolar disorder. Haloperidol is on the World Health Organization's Essential Drugs List | + | '''Haloperidol''' (Marketed in the US as '''Haldol''') is a typical antipsycotic drug. It is used in the treatment of acute psychoisis in schiczophrenia and severe manic episodes in Bipolar disorder. Haloperidol is on the World Health Organization's Essential Drugs List. |
== Side effects == | == Side effects == | ||
Extrapyramidal (movement) syptoms such as tremors and dystonia. Also may cause the rare but potentially fatal neuroleptic syndrome. Another, potentially permanent movement disorder tardive dyskinesia. | Extrapyramidal (movement) syptoms such as tremors and dystonia. Also may cause the rare but potentially fatal neuroleptic syndrome. Another, potentially permanent movement disorder tardive dyskinesia. | ||
Revision as of 02:49, August 14, 2009
Haloperidol (Marketed in the US as Haldol) is a typical antipsycotic drug. It is used in the treatment of acute psychoisis in schiczophrenia and severe manic episodes in Bipolar disorder. Haloperidol is on the World Health Organization's Essential Drugs List.
Side effects
Extrapyramidal (movement) syptoms such as tremors and dystonia. Also may cause the rare but potentially fatal neuroleptic syndrome. Another, potentially permanent movement disorder tardive dyskinesia.