Concept information
Preferred term
Haloperidol
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Haldol
Scope note
- A phenyl-piperidinyl-butyrophenone that is used primarily to treat SCHIZOPHRENIA and other PSYCHOSES. It is also used in schizoaffective disorder, DELUSIONAL DISORDERS, ballism, and TOURETTE SYNDROME (a drug of choice) and occasionally as adjunctive therapy in INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY and the chorea of HUNTINGTON DISEASE. It is a potent antiemetic and is used in the treatment of intractable HICCUPS. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p279)
In other languages
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Finnish
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haloperidolum
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Serenase
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Serenase depot
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Swedish
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Haldol
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006220
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