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Definition: Haloperidol |
HaloperidolNoun1. Tranquilizer (trade name Haldol) used to treat some psychotic disorders and Tourette's syndrome. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Medicine | Butyrophenone derivative. Source: European Union. (references) |
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The drug is used in the control of the symptoms of acute psychosis, acute schizophrenia or manic phases, hyperactivity, and also to control aggression, agitation, and psychotic thinking. It has also been used in delusional individuals and to treat Tourette's syndrome. It has been used in the treatment of a number of other conditions but without widespread approval. It has strong tranquiliser effects and works by acting on the dopamine receptors in the brain.
Haloperidol is an odourless white to yellow crystalline powder. Its chemical name is 4-[4-(p-chlorophenyl)-4-hydroxypiperidino]-4'-fluorobutyrophenone and its empirical formula is C21H23ClFNO2
The drug is noted for its strong extrapyramidal side-effects. Common side effects include dry-mouth, lethargy, muscle-stiffness, muscle-cramping, tardive dyskinesia, tremors, and weight-gain. The risk of tardive dyskinesia is around 4% in younger patients, higher than in most other antipsychotic drugs, in patients over the age of 45 the percentage afflicted can be much higher. These symptoms can be permanent, despite discontinuation of the medication. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMA) is a possible side effect of long-term use.
As well as Haloperidol the decanoate ester Haloperidol decanoate can be used or Haloperidol Lactate. The decanoate has a greatly extended duration of effect and its structural formula is 4-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-1[4-(4-fluorophenyl)-4-oxobutyl]-4 piperidinyl decanoate, which looks like:
and is generally administered via an intramuscular injection usually in the buttocks.
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Synonym: HaloperidolSynonym: Haldol (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Haloperidol |
| Specialty definitions using "haloperidol": Spiperone. (references) |
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Health | In general atypical antipsychotic medications are more successful than older drugs such as haloperidol. (references) | |
Short-term side effects of haloperidol and pimozide include muscular rigidity, drooling, tremor, lack of facial expression, slow movement, and restlessness. (references) | ||
Some patients who require medication to reduce the frequency and intensity of the tic symptoms may be treated with neuroleptic drugs such as haloperidol and pimozide. (references) | ||
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| "Haloperidol" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Haloperidol" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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haloperidol | 81 |
haloperidol side effects | 3 |
haloperidol decanoate novaplus | 2 |
haldol haloperidol | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "haloperidol"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | haloperidol. (various references) | |
Dutch | haloperidol. (various references) | |
Finnish | haloperidoli. (various references) | |
French | halopéridol. (various references) | |
German | Haloperidol. (various references) | |
Greek | αλοπεριδόλη. (various references) | |
Italian | aloperidolo, aloperidol. (various references) | |
Korean | 로페리돌. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aloperidolhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | haloperidol. (various references) | |
Spanish | haloperidol. (various references) | |
Swedish | haloperidol. (various references) | |
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Words beginning with "haloperidol": haloperidols. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-h-i-l-l-o-o-p-r" | |
-3 letters: arillode, hallooed, hilloaed, holloaed, pillared. | |
-4 letters: airhole, dallier, dariole, dialler, dipolar, ephoral, halloed, haploid, harelip, helipad, hilloed, hirpled, hollaed, holloed, hoodier, leopard, leporid, loopier, oedipal, oilhole, pallier, parodoi, paroled, peloria, perilla, pollard, predial, prilled, rallied, ralphed, raphide, redpoll. | |
-5 letters: aliped, allied, apollo, ariled, derail, dhoora, dialer, diaper, diploe, dipole, dollar, dollop, doolie, dopier, eidola, elapid, ephori, hailed, hailer, hairdo, haired, halide, halloo, haloed, haloid, harped, herald, hilled, hiller, hilloa, hirple, holard, holder, holier, holler, holloa, hoodie, hoolie, hooped, hooper, hoopla, ladler, laired, loader, looped, looper, loreal, oorali, ordeal, oriole, oroide, paired, palier, palled, pallid, pallor, pardie, parled, parole, pedalo, pedlar, period, phalli, pillar, pilled, pleiad, polder, polled, poller, poodle, poohed, pooled, railed, redial, relaid, reload, repaid, repoll, rilled, roadeo, roadie, roiled, rolled. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-h-i-l-l-o-o-p-r" | |
+1 letter: haloperidols. | |
+2 letters: hyperboloidal. | |
+3 letters: orthopedically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 61 6C 6F 70 65 72 69 64 6F 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .- .-.. --- .--. . .-. .. -.. --- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01101100 01101111 01110000 01100101 01110010 01101001 01100100 01101111 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a l o p e r i d o l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 006C 006F 0070 0065 0072 0069 0064 006F 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4267788182718475708178 |
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