Haldol
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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
The home’s doctor wanted him on an antipsychotic medication called Haldol, a powerful sedative.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2021
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
Several times a day, Ben gave him the medications prescribed by the hospice nurse — Haldol to ease anxiety and hydromorphone to soothe pain — by squirting them into his mouth with a syringe.
From Washington Post
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