Haloperidol Depot Injection:
- Your doctor or nurse will inject haloperidol depot deep into a muscle. A single dose will normally last for one month.
Depot injection
A depot injection is an injection, usually subcutaneous or intramuscular, of a pharmacological agent which releases its active compound in a consistent way over a long period of time. Depot injections are usually either solid or oil-based. Depot injections may be available as certain forms of a drug, such as decanoate salts or esters. Examples of depot injections include Depo Provera (anti-conceptive) and haloperidol decanoate. Prostate cancer patients receiving hormone therapy usually get depot injections as a treatment or therapy. Zoladex is an example of a depot delivered medication for prostate cancer treatment or therapy.
The advantages of using a long-acting depot injection include increased medication compliance due to reduction in the frequency of dosing, as well as more consistent serum concentrations. A significant disadvantage is that the drug is not immediately reversible, since it is slowly released. In Psychiatric Nursing, a short acting depot, zuclopenthixol acetate (Clopixol Acuphase), which lasts in the system anything from 24 – 72 hours, is now more regularly used for rapid tranquillisation.
Modecate |
Fluphenazine decanoate |
up to 100 milligrams |
1 injection every 2 to 5 weeks according to response and severity of condition |
Depixol |
Flupenthixol decanoate |
up to 400 milligrams |
1 injection every 2 to 4 weeks according to response and severity of condition |
Haldol |
Haloperidol decanoate |
up to 300 milligrams |
1 injection every 2 to 4 weeks according to response and severity of condition |
Piportil |
Pipothiazine palmitate |
up to 200 milligrams |
1 injection every 4 weeks |
Clopixol |
Zuclopenthixol Decanoate |
up to 600 milligrams |
1 injection every1 to 4 weeks |
Risperdal Consta |
Risperidone |
up to 50 milligrams |
1 injection every 2 weeks |
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