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 | my adopted daughters mom did | My adopted daughters mom was given this the entire pregnancy - not knowing she was pregnant. It has created an emotionally unstable "drug baby" that has ADHD, Sensory processing Disorder, severe emotional problems, Disruptive behavior disorder among other things. I DO NOT recommend this drug. | It also turned my dying father into another person. The day Hospice gave my dad haldol, was the day my father had no more mind, it completely stole the next week of his life. He was gone after they drugged him with this stuff. There was nobody inside there any more. | F | 48 | | 9/29/2009 | 1 | ER - by pill & injection | loss in speaking, could not breath. horrible stomach pain. turning blue. thought I was going to die. loss of memory | i was have a bad reaction to this medicine. they gave me more. this drug should be banned. uncontrolled muscle spasms. loss of bladder. hot flashes. near death experience. they had me sitting there unable to speak for myself and just left me there. couldn't walk. horrible overdose of this medication. | F | 27 | 2 days | 9/23/2009 | 1 | BIPOLAR | Bad Akathisia with HALDOL INJECTION. Could not relax for a second, kept on getting up from my chair and pace walking around could not keep still. My face and body felt numb. Most terrible feeling it's called Akathisia (movement disorder) in doctors terms. You should talk to your doctor right away if you feel like this. | INVEGA SUSTENNA will replace Risperdal Consta and Haldol injection. Invega Sustenna is a once monthly injection of paliperidone palmitate. INVEGA SUSTENNA WAS APPROVED ON FRIDAY (July 31). | M | 29 | 3 months | 8/7/2009 | 1 | My father | My father was forced to take this drug in hospice, He was like a zombie... Couldnt even talk or anything. If we had another chance , I wouldnt let them give this drug to him at all! Dont let hospice or any doctor give your loved one this drug just to shut them up and keep them quiet. | Dont let them drug up your loved one with haldol just to shut them up. This drug is horrible. | F | 47 | | 7/29/2009 | 4 | Bipolar | slight sleepiness that's why I take it at night only | 2mg SID at night. | F | 21 | 2 weeks | 7/23/2009 | 5 | Bipolar Mania Psychosis | Drowsy Feeling | I haven't experienced any bad effects from Haldol, like other people on here. It really keeps me calmed down!!!! No racing thoughts or delusions any more | M | 33 | 6 months | 7/13/2009 | 1 | Forced by a mental hospital | My fingers on my right hand contourted and froze and I was unable to move my right leg. And immedialtly after my first injection I slept for two days woke up disoriented and confused. Thinking that I was permately cripple. | This drug and the unscrupulous Drs. and Nurses that perscribe it especially who put it in patients food or inject them in there sleep shoud be locked up. And exposed to the media. After a stint of being a victim of Microwave Harassment. I was checked into a mental hospital for a 3 day evaluation to see if I was having a nervous breakdown. I wound up comming home 10 days later in a wheel chair do to over medication. Prior to this event I was a successful business owner , Playwright and Author. The course of events, and medicine has caused me to lose all of my material possesiona and many friends and relatives. So in my opinion, Haldol should be band from the market. And the whole treatment of mental illness should be investigated and regulated to the fullest degree of the law. | M | 10 days | 7/12/2009 | 1 | Bipolar | I WAS FORCED TO TAKE THIS DRUG IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM BY INJECTION SHOT. IT GAVE ME EXTREME TERRIBLE SIDE EFFECT KNOWN AS AKATHISIA: A movement disorder characterized by a feeling of inner restlessness and a compelling need to be in constant motion as well as by actions such as rocking while standing or sitting, lifting the feet as if marching on the spot and crossing and uncrossing the legs while sitting. People with akathisia are unable to sit or keep still, complain of restlessness, fidget, rock from foot to foot, and pace. | THIS IS A TERRIBLE DRUG TO GIVE A PATIENT AND IS GIVEN OUT LIKE CANDY IN THE Psychiatric World. | M | 29 | 5 months | 7/11/2009 | 1 | Mother wanted to get out of bed. | 89 year old mother was given this to calm her down. Given not once, but twice in one evening. She had Congestive Heart Failure and High Blood Pressure. Mother passed away 3 days later. She was unresponsive, unable to eat, talk, sit up, swollen tongue. When we asked what they did to her, we were told something was given to her to calm her down. All she wanted to do was get out of bed. Doctors and nurses ignored our demands/requests to call us anytime if they needed help with mom, and to never, never give her drugs of any kind, call us first. They never called us at any time. | The pyschiatrist who gave her this never knew Mom, or probably never read her reports or our requests. We asked him what he gave her, said he would be right back, we never saw him again, never. | F | 89 | 1 days | 6/28/2009 | 1 | SISTER/DEPRESSION/schizophrenia | SUICIDE | EVER SINCE MY SISTER WAS GETTING THE INJECTION SHE HAS HAD INCREASED DEPRESSION AND SUICIDAL THOUGHTS WHICH AFTER ONLY 8 MONTH ON THE INJECTIONS SHE DID ACT OUT ON HER SUICIDE MISSION, I MENTIONED IT TO HER COUNSELER AND THEY DID NOT FOLLOW UP WITH ANYMORE EVALUATIONS FOR MY SISTER. THEY JUST INSISTED THAT SHE REFUSED TO TAKE HER NORMAL MEDS AND THE INJECTION IS WHAT SHE NEEDED. | F | 45 | 8 months | 5/9/2009 | 1 | Forced injection in mental hospital | Tounge swelled up immediately and I could not talk or breathe until given an injection of another drug. Went to sleep and did not wake up for two days. Also had a seizure Afterwords permanent RLS, gastroparesis, depression, achalasia, stiff neck. | Nobody should be allowed to inject you with a drug that permanently lowers your quality of life. Haldol should not be used on patients to "calm them down" period. Now I will be pissed off the rest of my life because of the permanent lasting side effects. My opinion is that every person who injects that drug into patients should have to try the drug themselves. Due to the gastroparesis and achalasia I may have to go on a feeding tube and stay on it the rest of my life. Depressing. | F | 26 | | 5/4/2009 | 5 | Drowsiness at higher doses. None at low doses. | I take haldol 2mg PRN. It works well on anxiety and calms me the hell down. Helps me sleep. Haldol is a good alternatives to benzos. I use this instead of klonopin. | M | 30 | 1 years | 4/2/2009 | 1 | Forced in ER | Parkinson type symptoms, curled up in a ball from muscle spasms, muscles in neck tense to the point that I felt like I could not breathe, sweating, felt like I was going to die. | Horrible, horrible drug, should be taken off the market. Doctors in ER only gave it to me to shut me up. Should not be given to anyone. | M | 24 | 1 times | 3/31/2009 | 1 | Forced | EPS- my jaw muscles froze and i couldnt open my mouth. most terrifying experience ive had considering i was only 15, in a mental institution for being an angry, depressed teenager, and i had no idea what was happening to me. i thought my jaw broke. | extra pyramidal symptoms can easily occur with shots of this med. just a little too much can cause pretty much any muscle in your body to freeze. i feel for the people that are mentally sick and given this medicine without their consent. these kind of reactions are so terrifying. | F | 25 | 1 times | 3/30/2009 | 1 | mislabeling | akathisia (restlessness, agitation) in the legs, quasi-narcolepsy | Stay away from all that stuff! (I actually don't remember how long I took it.) | F | 29 | 3 weeks | 3/27/2009 | 5 | Bipolar | felt drowsy | It seems people either hate this medicine or love it. I can say that considering the alternatives, Haloperidol is my friend. Atypicals didn't work for me as well. I feel calm,rested, and generally keep a good mood. | M | 35 | 1 years | 3/18/2009 | 5 | BIPOLAR-Seroquel didn't cut it! | A Little tired | I didn't tolerate Seroquel very well. Made me irritable. Haloperidol has been alot better. Curently taking 15 mg per day. Helps me calm down better than anything else. | F | 29 | 29 months | 3/13/2009 | 1 | bi polar (,my mum) | neck held to one side, cant function, drools at the mouth, cant speak properly, falls alot (my mum is only 56), shakes, drinks through a straw, is like a walking robot with no emotions | dont ever ever take this drug, my mum was not told that it could lead to permanent disability, she has what is known as parkinsonism now and cant function at all, it has made her like an old lady at 56 | F | 56 | 10 years | 1/29/2009 | 5 | Schizoaffective | Bit of akathisia, sleepy, | I took Seroquel for a while, but this ihas been better. Couldn't sleep on Seroquel despite that fact thatit's suppossed too make you sleepy. HALDOL has been much better for me. Made me feel calm,, no racing thoughts, thinking more clearly now. Haven't experienced any of the negatives that have been descibed in some of the previous ratings | M | 25 | 6 months | 1/16/2009 | 1 | schizoaffective | Heart pains, bad hallucinations, bad memory, over medicated to the point of almost fainting. | This drug only made my symptoms worse. They shot me up with it a lot in the hospital. I don't recommend this drug to anyone. The meds aren't completely out of my system yet but I switched to zyprexa and risperdol. The memory loss has been the hardest to deal with but I will hopefully get over that soon. | M | 22 | 3 months | 1/7/2009 |