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Contents: Haloperidol
Indications: Control of psychotic manifestation, mania, hypomania & schizophrenia.
Dosage: Tab Adult Initially 10-15 mg daily & reduce gradually. Maintenance : 1-10 mg daily. Anxiety & tension states 0.5-1 mg daily. Children < 3 years Not recommended. Maintenance: 0.05 mg/kg body weight daily. Injection Adult 10 mg 6 hourly until control is achieved. Children As for tab dosage.
Contraindications: Comatose states, central nervous system (CNS) depression, Parkinson's disease, patients with lesions of the basal ganglia, lactation.
Special Precautions: Epilepsy, thyrotoxicosis, pregnancy. Use of lithium salts with high dose of haloperidol. Patients receiving combined therapy must be closely monitored, if signs of neurologic toxicity appear, discontinue.
Adverse Reactions: Neurological, CNS, cardiovascular (CV), endocrine, hematological & dermatological effects, persistent tardive dyskinesia.
Drug interactions: CNS depressants, methyldopa, anticonvulsants, phenindione, coumarin anticoagulant.
Presentation/Packing Tab 0.5 mg x 100's, 500's. 1.5 mg x 50's, 1000's. 5 mg x 500's. Ampoules 5 mg/mL x 10's. |
