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Haldol

American  
[hal-dawl, -dol] / ˈhæl dɔl, -dɒl /
Pharmacology, Trademark.
  1. a brand of haloperidol.


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Standard anti-nausea medications often do not work reliably, he said, which sometimes forces clinicians to turn to second and third-line options such as Haldol, a medication more commonly used for psychotic episodes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2025

Hadyne Wilson had been on antipsychotic medications such as Haldol but stopped taking them in May, her mother said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2022

Ms. Blakeney said that only after hiring a lawyer to sue Dundee Manor for her husband’s death did she learn he had been on Haldol and other powerful drugs.

From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2021

He was taking Haldol, Abilify, Klonopin and Geodon, and a psychologist noted “the lowest baseline level of paranoia and anxiety” in Jordan that she had seen in four years.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2019

Haldol, thorazine, and risperidone are antipsychotics, medicines commonly given to patients with thought disorders like schizophrenia and, less commonly, to patients with mood disorders like bipolar disorder.

From Scientific American • Feb. 19, 2019