The use of depot neuroleptic haloperidol decanoate.
Twenty-nine patients were treated with haloperidol decanoate, the dosage ranging from 100 to 300 mg i.m. once a month, with duration of treatment ranging from 3-7 months. It seems that haloperidol decanoate could be useful in schizo-affective disorder/depressed type and also in manic disorder. The investigators were impressed by the relative lack of side effects.
D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy
C033563:haloperidol decanoate; D006220:Haloperidol