SAN FRANCISCO – Haloperidol may be a better option than the old standby ondansetron to treat certain patients with vomiting and nausea in the emergency department (ED), according to a small ...

Oct. 15, 2004 -- Early use of haloperidol in critically ill patients undergoing mechanical ventilation is associated with significantly reduced hospital mortality, according to the results of a ...

Prophylactic use of the drug haloperidol does not help to prevent delirium in intensive care patients or improve their chances of survival. Therefore, there is no reason anymore to administer the drug ...

Patients with migraine are often given neuroleptics—dopamine-receptor-blocking agents—to combat nausea. Neuroleptics also seem to be more effective than triptans at relieving migraine pain, but are ...

Patients taking haloperidol were significantly less likely to develop new-onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA), relative to those receiving other antipsychotic medications, researchers found. Data pooled ...