| Category of Drug | Haloperidol is Antipsychotics drug |
| Mechanism of Action | |
| Indications | Haloperidol is used for 1. Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders 2. Mania 3. Psychomotor agitation and violent behaviour 4. Adjunct in severe anxiety 5. Agitation 6. Psychosis 7. Neuroleptanalgesia |
| Well Known Pharmaceutical Brands | |
| Available dosage forms | 1. TABLETS 2. LIQUID 3. INJECTION |
| Dose | |
| Contraindications | 1. Impaired consciousness due to CNS depression 2. Bone-marrow depression 3. Pheochromocytoma 4. Porphyria 5. Basal ganglia disease 6. Parkinsonism 7. Thyrotoxicosis 8. Cardiac arrhythmia 9. Depression 10. Closed-angle glaucoma |
| Precautions | 1. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disorders 2. Respiratory disease 3. Parkinsonism 4. Epilepsy 5. Acute infections 6. Pregnancy |
| Adverse Effects | 1. Sedating and fewer hypotensive and anticholinergic symptoms 2. Pigmentation and photosensivity reactions 3. Extrapyramidal symptoms 4. Weight loss 5. Hypoglycaemia 6. Inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion |
| Pregnancy Category | C |
