Intramuscular antipsychotics: clinical experience review.
Acute agitation is a therapeutic dilemma. Rapid control of agitation is necessary to minimize danger both to recipients of care and to caregivers. Although a comprehensive assessment may ultimately be necessary to determine the cause of agitation and to identify or exclude underlying medical illness, it is often imperative to treat agitation immediately. In this imperfect clinical world, it is essential to have treatments that are both safe and effective for patients with a wide variety of causes of agitation.
Currier
Glenn W
GW
Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14627, USA.
Allen
Michael H
MH
Bunney
E Bradshaw
EB
Daniel
David G
DG
Francis
Andrew
A
Jagoda
Andy
A
Zimbroff
Dan
D
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000188:drug therapy
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents