Posted by judy1 on April 2, 2004, at 10:38:06
In reply to Re: The TD myth, posted by CareBear04 on April 1, 2004, at 16:52:48
I'm not going to get into this discussion, but I did want to answer your question about AP use in hospitals. Normally they reserve it for the truly agitated patient- in my case I actually prefer it to physical restraints- and in a psychotic manic episode I've been give 5mg haldol along with 2mg lorazapam with successful results (that is I calmed down). If you are not psychotic then the first line in the ER is IM benzos- usually lorazapam (ativan) and that works out quite well. How did you fare on benzos, I assume your pdoc tried those first before prescribing APs?
take care, judy
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