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Serenace
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. |
