| Note |
Profiles in successful patient management. What do they have in common? One neuroleptic from starting dose through long term maintenance. In the interest of exposing patient to the smallest number of medications, the same neuroleptic often can and should be used from starting dose through all phases of therapy- including long term maintenance. In this connection, haldol haloperidol offers a number of distinct advantages. Widest range of dosage options: Haldol is effective- with a favourable safety profile- at both the low doses used in maintaining many outpatients and at the higher doses sometimes required for psychiatric emergencies or for patients refractory to treatment. Minimal sedative, cardiovascular and anticholinergic effects. Patients taking haldol for either initial therapy of long-term stabilization are unlikely to experience undue sedation, hypotension, blurred vision, dry mouth or constipation. Although extrapyramidal symptoms have been reported frequently, they are readily controled with dosage adjustment of antiparkinson medication. They may also diminish spontaneously with continues use of haldol. Haldol (haloperidol). One neuroleptic from starting dose through long-term maintenance. Effective, with a favourable safety profile, at the very low doses often prescribed for ambulatory psychotics, effective, with a wide safety margin at the higher doses sometimes required to treat acute phases of psychosis, easy switchover from IM to oral forms, tasteless, odorless, colourless concentrate permi.. Dosage adjustments in small increments |
| Abstract |
haloperidol, McNeil Pharmaceutical, large graph showing: starting dose, upward adjustment, downward adjustment, maintenance therapy. l pictures of four patients with different ages and symptoms, shows their dosages through these four stages with thick coloured lines. Pills and syringe on op. emphasizes need for only this drug, no other treatment necessary. |
