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Palliative cancer care - nausea & vomiting - Management
What issues do I need to be aware of before prescribing haloperidol?
- Haloperidol is usually given orally once or twice a day to treat chemically or metabolically induced vomiting. This is an off-licence indication for haloperidol tablets and oral solution.
- At the low doses used in palliative care, adverse effects (e.g. dystonias, dyskinesia, and akathisia) are unusual.
[Twycross et al, 2002]
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