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Haloperidol
Haloperidol meaning
A synthetic antidepressant drug, with the chemical formula C₂₁H₂₃ClFNO₂, used in the treatment of psychotic conditions.
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Martin said he wanted to put Allen on Haldol (Haloperidol), an antipsychotic drug commonly used to treat schizophrenia, but Allen’s mental state was such that he could not consent to treatment.
During the 1960s and 1970s, as the beneficial effects of haloperidol (Haldol) on tics became known, the psychoanalytic approach to Tourette syndrome was questioned.
For example, drugs used to treat patients with schizophrenia such as haloperidol, chlorpromazine, and clozapine are antagonists at receptors in the brain for dopamine.
If an antipsychotic is given, intramuscular haloperidol has been recommended.
Neuroleptics such as haloperidol are recommended against because they may have adverse effects.
PMID 16536367 —treated a Tourette’s patient with haloperidol, and published a paper criticizing the psychoanalytic approach.
Various neuroleptics such as haloperidol and chlorpromazine suppress dopamine chemicals throughout its pathways, in order for dopamine receptors to function normally.