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Descriptor English: Haloperidol
Descriptor Spanish: Haloperidol
Descriptor haloperidol
Scope note: Fenil-piperidinil-butirofenona utilizada principalmente en el tratamiento de la ESQUIZOFRENIA y otras PSICOSIS. Se emplea también en el trastorno esquizoafectivo, TRASTORNOS DELIRANTES, balismo, y SÍNDROME DE TOURETTE (fármaco de elección) y en ocasiones como tratamiento auxiliar en la DISCAPACIDAD INTELECTUAL y en la corea de la ENFERMEDAD DE HUNTINGTON. Es un potente antiemético y se utiliza en el tratamiento del HIPO rebelde. (Traducción libre del original: AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p279)
Descriptor Portuguese: Haloperidol
Descriptor French: Halopéridol
Entry term(s): Haldol
Tree number(s): D02.522.352.506
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006220
Scope note: A phenyl-piperidinyl-butyrophenone that is used primarily to treat SCHIZOPHRENIA and other PSYCHOSES. It is also used in schizoaffective disorder, DELUSIONAL DISORDERS, ballism, and TOURETTE SYNDROME (a drug of choice) and occasionally as adjunctive therapy in INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY and the chorea of HUNTINGTON DISEASE. It is a potent antiemetic and is used in the treatment of intractable HICCUPS. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p279)
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Antiemetics
Antipsychotic Agents
Dopamine Antagonists
Anti-Dyskinesia Agents
Registry Number: J6292F8L3D
CAS Type 1 Name: 1-Butanone, 4-(4-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-hydroxy-1-piperidinyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-
DeCS ID: 6373
Unique ID: D006220
NLM Classification: QV 77.9
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Haloperidol - Preferred
Concept UI M0009771
Scope note A phenyl-piperidinyl-butyrophenone that is used primarily to treat SCHIZOPHRENIA and other PSYCHOSES. It is also used in schizoaffective disorder, DELUSIONAL DISORDERS, ballism, and TOURETTE SYNDROME (a drug of choice) and occasionally as adjunctive therapy in INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY and the chorea of HUNTINGTON DISEASE. It is a potent antiemetic and is used in the treatment of intractable HICCUPS. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p279)
Preferred term Haloperidol
Haldol - Narrower
Concept UI M0009772
Preferred term Haldol



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