Posted by SLS on October 28, 2005, at 16:55:23
In reply to Re: meds for psychotic depression » SLS, posted by ed_uk on October 28, 2005, at 15:36:26
Hi Ed.
> Due to its potency, haloperidol is a drug which needs to be *very* carefully titrated.
Big time. It doesn't take much of a dosage difference to pass through the optimum window of receptor occupancy.
> In practice, this usually hasn't happened!
It's usually wham-bam. It's basically used as a chemical straight-jacket in emergency medicine. I would love to see some material on its optimized use and the occurence of EPS when it is.
Thanks for your input.
Thorazine was not gentle with me - immediate orofacial dyskinesia. Prolixin was better.
- Scott
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