Perigen 5 mg/ml (IM Injection)

1 ml ampoule: ৳ 12.03 (2 x 5: ৳ 120.30)

Medicine Details

Category Details
Generic Haloperidol
Company General pharmaceuticals ltd
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Indications

  • Low dose indications: nervousness, anxiety states, irritability, insomnia
  • Functional disorders: trembling, thorax oppression, gastrointestinal hypermotility
  • High dose indications: psychomotor agitation, delusions, hallucinations
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Choreatic movements
  • Behavior and character disorders in children

Pharmacology

  • Butyropherone derivative
  • Antipsychotic properties
  • Antiemetic properties
  • Quick acting substance
  • Duration of action of about 12 hours
  • Potentiates the action of barbiturates and CNS depressant drugs

Dosage & Administration

  • Initial dose for adults: moderate symptomatology 0.5 mg to 3.0 mg 2 to 3 times daily
  • Initial dose for adults: severe symptomatology 3.0 mg to 5.0 mg 2 to 3 times daily
  • Initial dose for elderly patients: 0.5 mg to 4.5 mg 2 to 3 times daily
  • Initial dose for chronic or resistant patients: 3.0 mg to 6.0 mg 2 to 3 times daily
  • Children's dose: 50 microgram per kg body weight
  • Injection dose for schizophrenia and mania: initially 2-10 mg

Interaction

  • Interferes with anticoagulant properties
  • May antagonize the action of epinephrine
  • Inhibits the metabolization of tricyclic antidepressants
  • Impairs the antiparkinson effects of levodopa

Contraindications

  • Comatose states and CNS depression due to alcohol or other depressant drugs
  • Severe depressive states
  • Previous spastic diseases
  • Parkinson's syndrome (except in the case of dyskinesias due to levodopa treatment)

Side Effects

  • Headache
  • Vertigo
  • Insomnia
  • Drowsiness
  • Restlessness
  • Agitation
  • Dry mouth
  • Blurred vision

Pregnancy & Lactation

  • Safety for use in pregnancy and lactation not established
  • Excreted in breast milk

Precautions & Warnings

  • May lower the convulsive threshold
  • Caution in patients with severe impairment of liver or kidney function
  • Caution in patients with pheochromocytoma
  • Possible potentiating effect on potent analgesics or hypnotics

Overdose Effects

  • Exaggeration of known pharmacologic effects
  • Severe extrapyramidal reactions
  • Respiratory depression
  • Hypotension

Therapeutic Class

Butyrophenone drugs, Drugs used in tremor, tics & related disorder

Storage Conditions

Do not store above 30°C, keep away from light and out of the reach of children

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