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Haloperidol, sold under the brand name Haldol among others, is a typical antipsychotic medication.^[8] Haloperidol is used in the treatment of schizophrenia, tics in Tourette syndrome, mania in bipolar disorder, delirium, agitation, acute psychosis, and hallucinations from alcohol withdrawal.^[8][9][10] It may be used by mouth or injection into a muscle or a vein.^[8] Haloperidol typically works within 30 to 60 minutes.^[8] A long-acting formulation may be used as an injection every four weeks for people with schizophrenia or related illnesses, who either forget or refuse to take the medication by mouth.^[8]

Haloperidol may result in movement disorders such as tardive dyskinesia, and akathisia, both of which may be permanent.^[8] Neuroleptic malignant syndrome and QT interval prolongation may occur, the latter particularly with IV administration.^[8] In older people with psychosis due to dementia it results in an increased risk of death.^[8] When taken during pregnancy it may result in problems in the infant.^[8][11] It should not be used by people with Parkinson’s disease.^[8]

Haloperidol was discovered in 1958 by the team of Paul Janssen,^[12] prepared as part of a structure-activity relationship investigation into analogs of pethidine (meperidine).^[13] It is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines.^[14] It is the most commonly used typical antipsychotic.^[15] In 2020, it was the 303rd most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 1 million prescriptions.^[16]

Haloperidol is used in the control of the symptoms of:

• • Acute psychosis, such as drug-induced psychosis caused by ketamine,^{[17][unreliable medical source?]} and phencyclidine,^[18] and psychosis associated with high fever or metabolic disease. Some evidence has found haloperidol to worsen psychosis due to psilocybin.^[19]
  • Adjunctive treatment of alcohol and opioid withdrawal
  • Agitation and confusion associated with cerebral sclerosis
  • Alcohol-induced psychosis
  • Hallucinations in alcohol withdrawal^[9]
  • Hyperactive delirium (to control the agitation component of delirium)
  • Hyperactivity, aggression
  • Otherwise uncontrollable, severe behavioral disorders in children and adolescents
  • Schizophrenia^[20]
  • Therapeutic trial in personality disorders, such as borderline personality disorder
  • Treatment of intractable hiccups^[21][22]
  • Treatment of neurological disorders, including tic disorders such as Tourette syndrome, and chorea
  • Treatment of severe nausea and emesis in postoperative and palliative care, especially for palliating adverse effects of radiation therapy and chemotherapy in oncology. Also used as a first line antiemetic for acute cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome.^[23]