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From: [email protected] (Chip Dunham)
Subject: Re: Use of haldol in elderly
In article , [email protected] (Will Estes) writes:
>Does anyone know of research done on the use of haldol in the elderly? Does
>short-term use of the drug ever produce long-term side-effects after
>the use of the drug? My grandmother recently had to be hospitalized
>and was given large doses of haldol for several weeks. Although the
>drug has been terminated, she has changed from a perky, slightly
>senile woman into a virtual vegetable who does not talk to anyone
>and who cannot even eat or brush her teeth without assistance. It
>seems incredible to me that such changes could take place in the
>course of just one and one-half months. I have to believe that the
>combination of the hospital stay and some drug(s) are in part
>catalysts for this. Any comments?
>
>--
>Will Estes Internet: [email protected]
Haldol, one of the wonder drugs that works wonders. If you're a carrot that
is.
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Henry Dunham (Chip) EMT-D, NREMT
Coordinator of EMS Operations
Houston Field House EMS
[email protected]
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