HALDOL Reviews (HALOPERIDOL LACTATE)Average Rating: 1.8 (183 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare HALDOL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR HALDOL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | locked up | almost died but hard to prove only in my head i no i am different if any body know a lawyer in hawaii please call me | i hate this drug we need to sue to save others | M | 27 | 1X day | 10/3/2011 | 1 | Dementia | My 75 year old mother was given this drug and went from a healthy strong woman who did have a lot of anxiety and liked to walk around a lot to a comotose person who can't even hold her self up any more and is now in a weelchair. | This drug is terrible for elderly people with dimentia and should not be given to them for any length of time. My mother was thrown in a psych ward after less than 1 week in a memory care unit. They didn't want to be bothered with altering her medicine or dealing with her minor outbursts from being in a new place. After 3 months I removed her and placed her somewhere else but she is a completely different person now. | F | 76 | 3 months 1 mg 2X day | 9/18/2011 | 1 | Agitation, Mania | Extremely dry mouth, muscular contortions, unintelligible slurred speech, drooling, inability to urinate, elevated heart rate, over-sedation, incoordination, involuntary movements, muscle rigidity, tremors | I don't recommend haldol. This is an old, outdated drug with a multitude of harmful side effects, and there are much better drugs now that are far more effective. These days haldol is used mostly to treat agitation in prisoners and psychosis in mental patients. It Is like a chemical straight jacket, or at higher doses, it is more like a lobotomy. I was given haldol in 1976 when I was 17 for agitation, a horrible experience. I lost muscle control on one side, couldn't walk, couldn't pee, felt agitated but could hardly move or function, also caused drooling and uninteligable slurred speech. I was started on 10 mg and the dose was reduced to 1 mg. The side effects were still very problematic on 1 mg of haldol. The medicine for side effects was not very effective. Haldol is not for use in psychotic conditions related to dementia and may cause heart failure, sudden death, or pneumonia in older adults. During his end stage cancer, my father at age 79 was on 1 mg for nausea and did not look at all peaceful on this drug. He looked very uncomfortable, was unable to speak and his mouth was sandpaper dry. My grandmother age 93 was given 5 mg for agitation, and was barely able to move or speak, and she looked very uncomfortable. Her heart rate became so elevated her doctor worried that she would have a heart attack. A younger friend of mine took haldol for schizophrenia which helped, but not without disturbing side effects like tremors and tardive dysconesia. | F | 53 | 1mg-10mg 1X day | 9/7/2011 | 1 | ER injection to calm down | HALDOL is HORRIBLE!!!!! My 17-year-old brother was brought into the ER for being disorientated and uncontrollable at the time. The ER doctor gave him an injection of Haldol saying that it would calm him down. We were in and out of the hospital for the next 3 days because my brother was having such a horrible reaction from the side effects of Haldol. The following day after thinking he was getting better my brothers neck twisted to the right side and he was gazing up to the ceiling- his arms and legs were bent in weird positions and he was not responding to us at all. It was a nightmare. He could not talk to us his heart beat was out of control, he was sweating profusely and shaking uncontrollably. This drug should not be used on anyone let alone a 17-year-old kid. He is still having to take benadryl around the clock to make sure he doesn’t have yet another dystonic reaction like that-not to mention he is paranoid its going to happen again. He was given it on a Tuesday and suffere | STAY AWAY FROM HALDOL!!!!! HALDOL HAS VERY DANGEROUD SIDE EFFECTS!!!!! | M | 17 | 1 days 1X day | 7/29/2011 | 1 | bipolar | Akathisia-is a syndrome characterized by unpleasant sensations of "inner" restlessness that manifests itself with an inability to sit still or remain motionless. | Akathisia is most often seen as a side effect of antipsychotic medications. | M | 31 | 1 months Injection 1X day | 7/9/2011 | 1 | Nausea and vomiting | worst WORST experience of my life, I can't begin to describe it. Tremendous restlessness and anxiety, paranoia, feelings of impending doom/death. I "knew" I was going to die. And the whole time I knew what was going on. let me assure you, there is NOTHING and i mean NOTHING more terrifying than losing control of your mind... I didn't sleep for 36 hrs and i LOST A DAY. by that I mean one second it was friday and the next it was sunday. then, my tongue swelled up which was also terrifying! it started to become difficult to get air, I went to the ER and got a shot of benadryl which was miraculous! the relief that came over me was amazing. Worst experience of my life because never before or since have i had such a paralyzing fear... As if that weren't enough, haldol has an extremely long half life of weeks sometimes. My symptoms kept re-occuring for over a month. I had to take benadryl constantly to ward them off. it was a nightmare. | NEVER take this medication for nausea! I am a nurse and I questioned this prescription at the time but the ER doc was very reassuring. Knowing what i know now, i would also question it's use in a psychiatric setting. the risk of severe psychosis is too great. | F | 40 | 1 days 30mg 1X day | 3/16/2011 | 1 | To get high | Immediately I got lockjaw. Every time I'd try to talk i'd feel like i was choking on my tongue or tongue was twisting in my mouth | I just took it becaue i thought it would be like klonopin. But immediately thought i had cotton fever or was withdrawing. I was in an awake nightmare, and my tongue swelled up. I'd say two words then choke on my tongue and face would contort to one side. | M | 28 | 1 times 5mg 1X day | 3/12/2011 | 1 | Mental Hospital | I was forced medicated under an illegal commitment warrent NMS set in and I was incapacitated. I have been suffering ever since.I wish i knew Mental Health Laws. | One of the most dangerous drugs on the market. It will give you problems for the rest of your life. | M | 49 | 14 days 50 mg 4X W | 1/21/2011 | 1 | forced to | Brief tardive dyskinesia. Mental decline, cognitive problems. This thing is PURE POISON. | NEVER EVER USE THIS - EVEN IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SUICIDE AND SUICIDE YOU WANT TO DO AFTER USING THIS. | M | 28 | 1 times ? 1X day | 1/14/2011 | 1 | Depression | WENT TO THE ER FOR A DEPRESSIVE EPISODE, NOT PSYCHOSIS, AND WAS GIVEN HALDOL BY INJECTION FOR 2 DOSES IN A 4 HOUR PERIOD. I WAS THEN SENT TO A PSYCH HOSPITAL AND I WAS NOT ADMITTED. WHILE WAITING FOR THE BUS, DID I MENTION I WAS SENT 2 HOURS AWAY FROM MY HOME AND HAVE NO FAMILY AROUND TO HELP, SO I HAD TO WAIT FOR OVER 12 HRS TO GET THE BUS TO TAKE ME ONLY 1/2 WAY HOME, WELL I BEGAN SWEATING PROFUSELY, MY FACE TIGHTENED MY NECK CONTORTED, I COULD NOT CONTROL MY FACIAL MOVEMENTS. AFTER A FEW HOURS I COULD NOT TAKE IT ANYMORE AND I STARTED SCREAMING AND WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER ER AND WAS GIVEN ATIVAN INJECTION AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BETTER. I WOULD NOT EVER RECCOMEND THIS DRUG TO ANYONE EVER. | F | 39 | 1 times Injection 2X O | 12/7/2010 | 1 | agitated in ER | paralyzed legs, neck stuck in position as if looking at ceiling, loss of speech and loss of ability to swallow, limited use of arms, fever, sweating | drug apparently has benefits for some when given in small dose. Should not be used in ER just to subdue patient | F | 73 | 1 days do not kno 1X day | 12/6/2010 | 1 | given in emergency | involuntary mouth movements, tongue curling, teeth chewing and cracking, headaches, jaws closing tight as lock jaw and could not open mouth throat closing up and could not swallow. drooling, voice sound muffled and could not speak clearly. | haldol is not a safe drug and should be taken off the market. It also seems to be misued by the some health care profesional. My son was given the drug Haldol when he was taken to the hosiptal for a head injury after being hit in the head at a gas station. He was drinking and not being coopertive with the emergency room staff so they decided to give him a double dose of the drug through I. V. and an injection. They didnot let a family member go back there with him and didnot let us know that the drug was given to him after discharge, they told us that he was given another drug and it wasn't until he had to be taken to another hosiptal because of the side effects that we learned that he was given that drug. | M | 30 | 15 mg 2X H | 10/16/2010 | 1 | ER after car crash to calm me down | 1-woke up with a twitch on the left side of my face 2-was quickly discharged after being fed a benadryl 3-severe confusion 4-sweating profusely 5-insomnia 6-neck was stuck in the position cocked-almost trying to turn around at a 180 degree angle 7-my jaw was clenched 8-my tongue twitched 9-severe thirst 10-eventually could not open my mouth to speak 11-constant thought that my life was ruined and contemplated violent suicide 12- walked bowlegged and hunched over sideways 13-began to cease and entered a catatonic state | Two years ago, I was in a terrible car accident. I had brain hemorraging and a severe concussion. When arriving at the hospital I was very out of it and anxious-seeing that my family had not been contacted (while I was a minor) and it had taken four hours to arrive at the hospital ten minutes away. Despite the damage done internally, i apparently was given an injection of haldol. The nurses claim I was being combative and my memory of the entire event has been erased. Even when I was discharged, there was no knowledge that I or Any of my family had that I had been given an antipsychotic. That night, when I began to have seizures, I went back to the hospital(in the pediatric unit this time) and was told that I was having a dystonic reaction from an injection of haldol given to me the night before. I remained in the hospital under survaillence for days. It has now been a year and a half since this injection. Ever since, I have had consistently a high blood pressure and pulse rate. In the past couple months, I have began having severe chest pain. Recently, I was, yet again, rushed to the hospital after having a heart attack. I am nineteen years old. Before being given haldol I had never had a health concern. They cannot figure out the cause of all of my medical problems now. I am going to have to have open heart surgery soon. This drug has ruined my life. I am just now putting the pieces together of what this drug has done to me. I am currently getting my bachelors degree-p | F | 19 | 1 days Injection 1X day | 9/25/2010 | 1 | manic depression | Speech problems and increased anxiety. | I cannot even believe this drug is legal! I was forced to take it while hospitalized, and it made/makes me speak like a complete idiot even after I have been off the drug for a couple months. One gentleman I talked to can barely speak after even being off haldol for a year- I am a bit worried considering I have to be able to make a living off of being able to talk correctly. I am strongly pursuing the idea of a lawsuit for being administered this drug, after reading reactions of so many other people, I am sure there have been many filed. Do not take this, and if you are on it- get off of it as soon as possible. | M | 28 | 3 months 1X day | 6/10/2010 | 1 | p. schizophrenia | Furious this drug is still on market. My mother had severe and continuous hallucinations even being prescribed an anti-hallucinagen back in early 80's when Haldol first surfaced for mentally ill patients as the new go-to drug. Mother on the surface seemed to be getting better but still suffered dillusions, had sleeping problems, all the same issues prior to Haldol. | Run from this drug. My mother committed suicide unexpectedly as we thought she was getting better meanwhile the anti-hallucination med wasn't working like we thought. She was leaving hints to my father and others and I didn't put the pieces together until after she died. This happened in Feb. 1982 and one year later, Haldol was supposed to be taken off the market due to the ridiculous number of suicides in a small amount of time over a year. How the drug company kept this drug active is beyond me. This is not a new drug and most Drs. don't even know how dangerous this drug is. If it wasn't for the greedy drug companies, this drug would not have been used for psychiatric patients and taken off the market. I don't even know what the physical ramifications were for my mother as she wasn't communicating her issues after taking this medicine as many mentally ill patients don't always. I was 8 months pregnant and lost a lot. Be careful with this drug and don't use it unless absolutely necessary. There have been many many people who have committed suicide after taking this drug quite unexpectedly. In 1983, when I heard how dangerous Haldol was on the 6:00 national news, I was shocked! Assuming the drug would be discontinued as the newsreport suggested it would, I never checked on it until someone told me her elderly grandmother is currenly taking this drug for Alzheimer's in 2010. Unbelieveable. Her grandmother has been in bad shape and continues to decline. After reading some of th | F | 48 | 3 months 1X day | 2/24/2010 | 1 | a drug rep told my doctor to Rx it | I was swallowing my own tongue. What more is there to say? | The first antipschotics were marketed as "chemical lobotomies". Read Mad in America by Robert Whitaker. I had a right to bodily integrity and Haldol took it from me. | M | 27 | 7 days | 1/30/2010 | 1 | senial dementia | This drug almost killed my 85 year old father.He had been on it for a few weeks when he started getting rigidity of arms, legs,could not speak clearly,and was incontinient.To top it all off, we went to hospital and he was given 4 times the amount he had at home, landing him in a nursing home.They realized he should not be on haldol and was overdosing and they started cutting the amount down to taper him off the drug. The Dr. at another hospital told us to take it away immediately, which we finally insisted on when we found out how harmful this drug is. With physical therapy for a month and a half he has improved and now knows most of the family. He is in a nursing home now using depends because he cannot always make it to the bathroom. He also wanders and we are afraid he will leave the house and get lost. He has severe night sweats also. This is a horrible drug that almost killed my Dad. It should be banned!!! Why is it still allowed on the market? A harmful,useless drug... | No one needs this drug. It is harmful! | M | 85 | 2 weeks | 1/26/2010 | 1 | Schizophrenia | Painful neck paralysis and swollen tongue. | The nurses just laughed and said I was faking it, so I had to wait hours before somebody saved my life with Cogentin. | M | 24 | 1 days | 12/29/2009 | 1 | this drug made me realize I need to stop taking any medications..before I look at the side effects. This was the most scary situation I have ever been with. The Haldol made my muscles tight..my face went to one side my muscles in my face all stopped being firm, my hands started curling in. I thought I was dying in the middle of a stroke. My husband took me to the ER, and I was assisted immediatly without delay. The Nurse who waited on me before going back to a bed in one of the rooms, diagnosed it as I was having allergic reactions, or side effects of a drug I was taking. I told him all. Then I mentioned to him my dr prescribed some for me. The nurse practitioner said..THATS IT! I was amazed he diagnosed me..Dr came in because I started crying..Help..Help..someone help me please. My tongue was so swollen and my head turned over to my right shoulder. I thought I was going to die! I wouldn't ever recommend this to anyone. The nurse gave me a shot of conginten. Which is also has lots of s | F | 42 | 2 days | 11/28/2009 | 1 | Dad given it to calm him in hospita | My dad became comatose alternating with delirious could not walk, could not eat, talk or commuiniate he was only given it for 7 days, but afterwards lost a full month of his memory. 8 months later he is still in bad shape cognitively | It was given to my 90 year old dad as he waited to get a pacemaker put in- and then they just kept giving it to him-] then they put him in rehab as he couldn't get around-- of course he couldn't - they'd turned him into a vegetable! It was so bad, that my over-exhausted mom then had a stroke from a-fib! what a nightmare. | F | 59 | 7 days | 11/1/2009 |