Haloperidol Short Acting Administration Setting

[2Bee]

Hi,

Could someone please help: Haloperidol Lactate INJECTION (short acting, not long-acting once a month formulation) - where is it primarily administered for acute psychosis (not for sleep)?

- Since it is for emergency use (injection), is it ever administered in psych clinics?

- Is it administered in home setting? and how/by whom?

- In the hospital: is it only administered in ER, or on the general floor, too?

How long is it typically administered, before the patient is switched to PO or the long-acting depot formulation?

Thanks in advance.

[Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN]

Generally speaking, you would not give a short acting injection for treatment of a chronic condition (schizophrenia, etc.). That would be normally addressed with PO medication.

Agreed. The injection (usually IM, can be IV in specific settings) is to address an emergent problem or crisis. Depot/long-acting and PO medications are used for achieving and maintaining stability.

[2Bee]

Thanks.

[TerpGal02, ASN]

I work on an inpatient unit in a general hospital and we use haldol regularly on the m3dical floors. If a patient has delerium during their stay, haldol is the treatment of choice.