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What is Haloperidol?

Haloperidol is used to treat psychotic disorders and symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, and hostility and to control muscular tics of the face, neck, hands, and shoulders.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Treat my mood condition(s) 12 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Schizophrenia 12 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Agitation 8 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Hallucinations 7 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none
Mood swings 4 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Anger 3 1 Efficacy_major

See all 27 patients currently taking Haloperidol

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 6
Moderate
 5
Mild
 6
None
 2

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Haloperidol

Drowsiness 4
Full body restless syndrome 2
Allergic reaction 1
Death 1
Excessive sleeping (hypersomnia) 1
Problems with focusing eyes 1
See all 11 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Haloperidol. See all 17 dosages ►

  5mg as needed 2mg as needed daily 0.5 mg daily 1 mg daily 50 mg monthly 2 mg daily 4 mg daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Haloperidol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 12   Side effects too severe: 50%
Doctor's advice 7   Doctor's advice: 29%
Other 7   Other: 29%
Did not seem to work 6   Did not seem to work: 25%
Course of treatment ended 4   Course of treatment ended: 17%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 8%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 4%
Expense 1   Expense: 4%

See all 24 patients who’ve stopped taking Haloperidol

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Haloperidol

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Haloperidol

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Haloperidol

Always
 16 84%
Usually
 1 5%
Sometimes
 1 5%
Never
 1 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Haloperidol

Very
 4 21%
Somewhat
 3 16%
A little
 2 11%
Not at all
 10 53%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Haloperidol

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 6 100%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.