Posted by yxibow on April 8, 2009, at 2:08:35
In reply to Re: anyone ever want a dose of haldol prn?? » obsidian, posted by CareBear04 on April 7, 2009, at 21:30:17
> I've actually had a really good experience with Haldol--better overall than even the atypicals. It slowed down my racing thoughts quickly without making me too sedated. I could take it prn instead of having to take it regularly. Unfortunately, I did end up getting tardive dyskenesia effects, so my pdoc took me off it and put me on massive doses of vitamin E. I wouldn't suggest, though, that you not write it off just based on the bad reputation it has gotten over the years as being used to "control" helpless institutionalized patients.
Sounds more like extended EPS because true TD goes away by itself in -at least- 30% of the time, vitamin E or not (which has not been tested to work even as much as tetrabenazine which has its own large problems), about 30% stays at the same rate and 30% worsens.There are variations on things that may look like TD but aren't. I guess that's all I'm saying, I know its a bit of a downer, but I have gotten rare effects that basically nobody gets so I had to say that.
And I would agree that orally disintegrating, depot, or otherwise types of atypicals are far safer for a short-run event.
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Jay
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