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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A trademark for the drug haloperidol.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tranquilizer (trade name Haldol) used to treat some psychotic disorders and Tourette's syndrome
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Examples
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Ke. ppra'Haloperidol (mar'keted a-s Haldol, Haldol* Decanoa, te an*d Haldol La+ctate) Trazod'one
RVABlogs 2009
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She was almost certainly being administered antipsychotic or neuroleptic drugs, such as Haldol, Risperdal, Zyprexa, Seroquel or Geodon.
Dr. Peter Breggin: Lessons from the Death of "Mental Patient" Esmin Green 2008
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Some doctors are now switching back to older, cheaper antipsychotics, such as Haldol, the FDA says.
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From 1995 to 2000, there was a simple substitution of new drugs (Seroquel, Risperdal) for older ones (Haldol, for example), according to the study, which drew on reports of office visits kept by a representative sample of 4,800 physicians.
Week in Ideas Christopher Shea 2011
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The Wienerdog is in more dire need of a Haldol/Thorazine cocktail than anyone else in America
Think Progress » Ridge Defends Napolitano From Right-Wing Attacks: The Criticisms Are ‘Misplaced’ 2010
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Last month, the FDA advised doctors that babies whose mothers took antipsychotic drugs such as Haldol, Zyprexa, Seroquel and Abilify, could suffer withdrawal symptoms such as agitation and difficulty breathing and feeding for hours or days after birth.
Can Mom's Medicine Hurt the Baby? Melinda Beck 2011
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You go take your meds, your hallucinating. 5 of Haldol, 2 of ativan, 50 of benadryl IM should handle it.
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Those people all need government health care so they can be put on Haldol 2mg/3x daily!
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Current treatments, such as the antipsychotic drug Haldol or the seizure drug Klonopin, are mainly used to control symptoms.
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As she remembers, the doctors relied heavily on sedating antipsychotics such as Thorazine, Stelazine, and Haldol and some early tricyclic antidepressants.
Crazy Like Us Ethan Watters 2010
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