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How to Use

If this drug upsets your stomach, it may be taken with food or milk to lessen stomach irritation.

For diseaseds taking the liquid form of this drug :

• This drug is to be taken by mouth even if it comes in a dropper bottle. Each dose is to be measured with the specially marked dropper provided with your prescription. Do not use other droppers since they may not deliver the correct amount of drug.
• This drug must be mixed with water or a beverage such as orange juice, apple juice, tomato juice, or cola and taken immediately after mixing. Haloperidol must not be mixed with tea or coffee, since they cause the drug to separate out of solution.

Take this drug only as directed by your family doctor . Do not take more of it, do not take it more often and do not take it for a longer time than your family doctor ordered. This is particularly important for children or elderly diseaseds, since they may react very strongly to this drug.

Continue taking this drug for the full time of treat Sometimes haloperidol must be taken for few days to few weeks before its full effect is reached .

Dosage

The number of tablets or dropperfuls of solution that you take or injections that you receive depends on the strength of the drug. Always the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses and the length of time you take the drug depend on the medical problem for which you are using haloperidol .

• For oral dosage forms - solution and tablets:
  • Adults and adolescents: To start, 500 micrograms to 5 milligrams two or three times a day. Your family doctor may increase your dose if needed. However, the dose is usually not more than 100 milligrams a day.
  • Children 3 to 12 years of age or weighing 15 to 40 kilograms - 33 to 88 pounds: Dose is based on body weight. The usual dose is 25 to 150 micrograms per kilogram - 11 to 68 micrograms per pound a day, taken in smaller doses two or three times a day.
  • Children up to 3 years of age: Dose must be determined by the family doctor.
  • Older adults: To start, 500 micrograms to 2 milligrams two or three times a day. The family doctor may increase your dose if needed.
• For short-acting injection dosage form:
  • Adults and adolescents: To start, 2 to 5 milligrams, usually injected into a muscle. The dose may be repeated every one to eight hours, depending on your condition.
  • Children: Dose must be determined by the family doctor.
• For long-acting or depot injection dosage form:
  • Adults and adolescents: To start, the dose is usually 10 to 15 times the daily oral dose you were taking, injected into a muscle once a month. The family doctor may adjust how much of this drug you need and how often you will need it, depending on your condition.
  • Children: Dose must be determined by the family doctor.

Missed dose If you miss a dose of this drug, take it as soon as possible. Then take any remaining doses for that day at regularly spaced intervals. Do not double doses.

Storage To store this drug:

• Keep out of the reach of children.
• Store away from heat and direct light.
• Do not store the tablet form of this drug in the bathroom, near the kitchen sink, or in other damp places. Heat or moisture may cause the drug to break down.
• Keep the liquid form of this drug from freezing.
• Do not keep outdated drug or drug no longer needed. Be sure that any discarded drug is out of the reach of children.