Haloperidol (haloperidol): Reviews and patient testimonials

Haloperidol 10mg/5ml Oral Solution

Haloperidol is a neuroleptic butyrophenone drug with a wide range of actions and is indicated in the following conditions:

Adults

- Schizophrenia: treatment of symptoms and prevention of relapse.

- Other psychoses, especially paranoid.

- Mania and hypomania.

- Mental or behavioural problems such as aggression, hyperactivity and self-mutilation in the mentally retarded and in patients with organic brain damage.

- As an adjunct to short-term management of moderate to severe psychomotor agitation, excitement, violent or dangerously impulsive behaviour.

- Intractable hiccup.

- Restlessness and agitation in the elderly.

- Gilles de la Tourette syndrome and severe tics.

Paediatric population

- Childhood behavioural disorders especially when associated with hyperactivity and aggression.

- Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome.

- Childhood Schizophrenia.

Haloperidol 5mg/5ml Oral Solution

Haloperidol is a neuroleptic butyrophenone drug with a wide range of actions and is indicated in the following conditions:

Adults

- Schizophrenia: treatment of symptoms and prevention of relapse.

- Other psychoses, especially paranoid.

- Mania and hypomania

- Mental or behavioural problems such as aggression, hyperactivity and self mutilation in the mentally retarded and in patients with organic brain damage.

- As an adjunct to short term management of moderate to severe psychomotor agitation, excitement, violent or dangerously impulsive behaviour.

- Intractable hiccup.

- Restlessness and agitation in the elderly.

- Gilles de la Tourette syndrome and severe tics.

Paediatric population

- Childhood behavioural disorders especially when associated with hyperactivity and aggression.

- Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome.

- Childhood Schizophrenia.

Haloperidol Injection BP 5mg/ml

Haloperidol solution for injection is indicated in adult patients for:

• Rapid control of severe acute psychomotor agitation associated with psychotic disorder or manic episodes of bipolar I disorder when oral therapy is not appropriate.

• Acute treatment of delirium when non-pharmacological treatments have failed.

• Treatment of mild to moderate chorea in Huntington's disease, when other medicinal products are ineffective or not tolerated, and oral therapy is not appropriate.

• Single or combination prophylaxis in patients at moderate to high risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting, when other medicinal products are ineffective or not tolerated.

• Combination treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting when other medicinal products are ineffective or not tolerated.

Haloperidol Oral Solution BP 10 mg/5 ml

Adult patients aged 18 years and above

• Treatment of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.

• Acute treatment of delirium when non-pharmacological treatments have failed.

• Treatment of moderate to severe manic episodes associated with bipolar I disorder.

• Treatment of acute psychomotor agitation associated with psychotic disorder or manic episodes of bipolar I disorder.

• Treatment of persistent aggression and psychotic symptoms in patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer's dementia and vascular dementia when non-pharmacological treatments have failed and when there is a risk of harm to self or others.

• Treatment of tic disorders, including Tourette's syndrome, in patients with severe impairment after educational, psychological and other pharmacological treatments have failed.

• Treatment of mild to moderate chorea in Huntington's disease, when other medicinal products are ineffective or not tolerated.

Paediatric patients

Treatment of:

• Schizophrenia in adolescents aged 13 to 17 years when other pharmacological treatments have failed or are not tolerated.

• Persistent, severe aggression in children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years with autism or pervasive developmental disorders, when other treatments have failed or are not tolerated.

• Tic disorders, including Tourette's syndrome, in children and adolescents aged 10 to 17 years with severe impairment after educational, psychological and other pharmacological treatments have failed.

Haloperidol Oral Solution BP 5 mg/5 ml

Adult patients aged 18 years and above

• Treatment of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.

• Acute treatment of delirium when non-pharmacological treatments have failed.

• Treatment of moderate to severe manic episodes associated with bipolar I disorder.

• Treatment of acute psychomotor agitation associated with psychotic disorder or manic episodes of bipolar I disorder.

• Treatment of persistent aggression and psychotic symptoms in patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer's dementia and vascular dementia when non-pharmacological treatments have failed and when there is a risk of harm to self or others.

• Treatment of tic disorders, including Tourette's syndrome, in patients with severe impairment after educational, psychological and other pharmacological treatments have failed.

• Treatment of mild to moderate chorea in Huntington's disease, when other medicinal products are ineffective or not tolerated.

Paediatric patients

Treatment of:

• Schizophrenia in adolescents aged 13 to 17 years when other pharmacological treatments have failed or are not tolerated.

• Persistent, severe aggression in children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years with autism or pervasive developmental disorders, when other treatments have failed or are not tolerated.

• Tic disorders, including Tourette's syndrome, in children and adolescents aged 10 to 17 years with severe impairment after educational, psychological and other pharmacological treatments have failed.

Route of administration: Injectable, Oral
Molecule: haloperidol