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Meaning of "haloperidol" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HALOPERIDOL

haloperidol  [ˌhæləˈpɛrɪˌdɒl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALOPERIDOL

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Haloperidol is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HALOPERIDOL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Haloperidol

Haloperidol /hæloʊpɛridɒl/ is an antipsychotic medication used in the treatment of schizophrenia, acute psychosis, mania, delirium, tics in Tourette syndrome, choreas, nausea and vomiting in palliative care, intractable hiccups, agitation and severe anxiety. Haloperidol is a butyrophenone derivative and functions as an inverse agonist of dopamine. It is classified as a typical antipsychotic and has pharmacological effects similar to the phenothiazines. A long-acting decanoate ester of haloperidol is used as an injection given every four weeks to people with schizophrenia or related illnesses who have poor adherence to medication regimens and suffer frequent relapses of illness, or to overcome the drawbacks inherent to its orally administered counterpart. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, a list of the most important medication needed in a basic health system.

Definition of haloperidol in the English dictionary

The definition of haloperidol in the dictionary is a strong sedative that is used as a remedial treatment in several medical conditions including Tourette's syndrome and senile dementia.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HALOPERIDOL


aldol
ˈældɒl
Amidol
ˈæmɪdɒl
babydoll
ˈbeɪbɪˌdɒl
dol
dɒl
doll
dɒl
Ragdoll
ˈræɡˌdɒl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALOPERIDOL

halogen
halogen lamp
halogenate
halogenation
halogenoid
halogenous
halogeton
haloid
halomorphic
halon
halophile
halophilic
halophilous
halophily
halophobe
halophyte
halophytic
halophytism
halosere
halothane

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALOPERIDOL

alcohol
Bristol
carol
col
control
cool
elementary school
espanol
high school
idol
indol
Liverpool
middle school
Moorish idol
patrol
pool
school
sol
symbol
tool

Synonyms and antonyms of haloperidol in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «haloperidol» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALOPERIDOL

Find out the translation of haloperidol to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of haloperidol from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «haloperidol» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

氟哌啶醇
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

haloperidol
570 millions of speakers

English

haloperidol
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

haloperidol
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هالوبيريدول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

галоперидол
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

haloperidol
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

haloperidol
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

halopéridol
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Haloperidol
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Haloperidol
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハロペリドール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

할로페리돌
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Haloperidol
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

haloperidol
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஹாலோபெரிடோல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हॅलोपीरोडोल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

haloperidol
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aloperidolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

haloperidolu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

галоперидол
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

haloperidol
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

αλοπεριδόλη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

haloperidol
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

haloperidol
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

haloperidol
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of haloperidol

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALOPERIDOL»

The term «haloperidol» is regularly used and occupies the 59.193 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HALOPERIDOL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about haloperidol

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALOPERIDOL»

Discover the use of haloperidol in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to haloperidol and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Manual of Psychiatric Care for the Medically Ill
Specific Agents Table 1–7 and Table 1–8 summarize the recommended doses of haloperidol and the atypical antipsychotics for the treatment of delirium. A brief description of each type of strategy follows. Haloperidol Haloperidol has been the  ...
Antoinette Ambrosino Wyszynski, Bernard Wyszynski, 2008
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Drug Therapy in Nursing
that ethnic background influences the pharmacokinetics of haloperidol. Asians achieved a 50% higher plasma concentration of haloperidol than whites who received the same dose. It is hypothesized that this difference is attributable to ...
Diane S. Aschenbrenner, Samantha J. Venable, 2009
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Psychotropic Drug Handbook
One review reported that 48% of patients received a supplemental oral haloperidol dose of 15 mg/day during the first month of decanoate treatment ( Ereshefsky et al., 1984). This dose declined to an average of 13 mg/day in 21% of patients ...
Paul J. Perry, 2007
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The Medical Basis of Psychiatry
fluphenazine or haloperidol should have their antipsychotic converted to the respective drug using relative oral potency (see Table 34.1). Thus, a patient receiving perphenazine 60 mg/day orally is receiving the equivalent of 15 mg/day of ...
S. Hossein Fatemi, Norman Sartorius, Paula J. Clayton, 2008
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American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines for the ...
Butyrophenones, particularly haloperidol and droperidol, are considered the safest and most effective antipsychotics for delirium. Haloperidol, a high-potency dopamine-blocking agent with few or no anticholinergic side effects, minimal ...
American Psychiatric Association, 2006
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Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry
Flumazenil must be available if midazolam is given, and administered if the respiratory rate falls below 10 per minute. Haloperidol Of the three drugs used in the UK in intramuscular form in RT, experience is greatest with haloperidol, as it has ...
George Stein, Greg Wilkinson, 2007
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Drug-induced Diseases: Prevention, Detection, and Management
Diazepam is recommended as an alternative to physostigmine in patients with anticholinergic toxicity because of its longer duration of action and more favorable adverse effect profile.6 Haloperidol and phenoth- iazines should be avoided in ...
James E. Tisdale, Douglas A. Miller, 2010
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Essential Psychopharmacology: The Prescriber's Guide: ...
... 303 Foille (trifluoperazine), 527 Fokalepsin (carbamazepine), 63 Fondur ( fluoxetine), 753 Fontex (fluoxetine), 753 Fonzac (fluoxetine), 753 Fortunan ( haloperidol), 223 Frontal (alprazolam), 7 Frosinor (paroxetine), 377 Frosnor ( paroxetine), ...
Stephen M. Stahl, 2006
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Lexicon of Psychiatry, Neurology, and the Neurosciences
haloperidol/AIDS delirium haloperidol vs. clonazepam/mania particularly in the first 48 hours. Subjects were randomly assigned to receive oral HAL 5 mg plus ALP 1 mg, or HAL 5 mg plus placebo. Patients treated with the combination ...
Frank J. Ayd, 2000
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Australian Drug Guide
Pregnancy: Haloperidol and droperidol: Category C. No increased risk of birth defects is associated with taking this drug. However, high doses late in pregnancy have caused temporary muscle spasm or rigidity in the newborn, on occasion.
Jonathan Upfal, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALOPERIDOL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term haloperidol is used in the context of the following news items.
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Emcure India plant banned by the FDA
... Vistide, which is used to treat eye infections in people with AIDS, as well as the antipsychotic haloperidol and cancer drug carmustine. «FiercePharma Manufacturing, Jul 15»
2
Association of serum VEGF levels with prefrontal cortex volume in …
Effect of a haloperidol challenge on regional brain metabolism in neuroleptic-responsive and nonresponsive schizophrenic patients. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
3
Search for common targets of lithium and valproic acid identifies …
... relationships to neuropsychiatric processes including processing of amyloid-β precursor proteins (Bace2 and Gulp1), haloperidol exposure ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Role of sedation for agitated patients undergoing noninvasive …
For intermittent use, risperidone or haloperidol was usually administered every 30–60 min by either a single dose or double dose (Table 1). «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
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Valium Sold Online Could Be Counterfeit, FDA Warns
... by patients in Central Africa who consumed mislabeled diazepam that was actually the anti-psychotic drug, haloperidol (Haldol). Although ... «Pharmacy Times, Jul 15»
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Loss-of-function variants in HIVEP2 are a cause of intellectual …
Intriguingly, treatment of these mice with the antipsychotic haloperidol, used to treat schizophrenia, improved both the hyperactivity and PPI. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Low-dose haloperidol is known to be effective for the prevention of ... This study sought to identify which dose of haloperidol 1mg or 2mg could ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
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What Are Neurotransmitters?
Medications used to treat schizophrenia and other mental disorders, including clozapine (Clozaril) and haloperidol (Haldol), are antagonists ... «Everyday Health, Jul 15»
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WHO warns public about falsified diazepam
The drugmaker has confirmed that it does manufacture haloperidol tablets similar to the falsified product, but notes these are supplied in ... «SecuringIndustry.com, Jul 15»
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Maximizing Antipsychotics' Effectiveness in Schizophrenia Through …
This is due to chlorpromazine's effects on histamine and acetylcholine, which are not shared by haloperidol. In fact, the histaminergic and ... «Medscape, Jul 15»

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