Mental Health

Haldol

Haloperidol

Haldol 10mg tablets are haloperidol, an antipsychotic used to manage schizophrenia and severe behavioural problems, in tablet form to order online.

All strengths and pack prices
Haldol: price of every strength and pack size
Strength Pack Price
10mg 30 tablets $34.80
10mg 60 tablets $61.20
10mg 90 tablets $84.60
10mg 120 tablets $102.00
Category
Mental Health
Active ingredient
Haloperidol
Route
Oral
Form
Tablet, Injection
Strengths
10mg

You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.

Shipped in a discreet, unmarked envelope.

Details

Conditions
Schizophrenia · Severe behavioral problems
Therapeutic Class
Antipsychotic
Pharmacological Class
Butyrophenone
Minor Side Effects
Drowsiness, Dizziness
Moderate Side Effects
Tremors, Muscle stiffness, Dry mouth
Dosage Forms
Tablet, Injection
Administration Route
Oral
Originator
Janssen
Onset Time
30–60 minutes
Duration
12–24 hours
Storage Instructions
Store in a cool, dark place.
Drug Interactions
Lithium, CNS depressants

What you will receive

Haldol is the originator brand name, made by Janssen. We use it to identify the medicine; the pack you receive is a generic equivalent, not the original Haldol.

  • The same active ingredient (Haloperidol) at the same strength.
  • The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock when your order ships.

FAQ

Which Haldol strengths and pack sizes can I order?

Haldol tablets come in 10mg. Packs range from 30 to 120 tablets. This is generic haloperidol, not the original Haldol. Larger packs cost less per tablet.

How discreet is Haldol delivery to Hong Kong?

Haldol orders ship in plain, unbranded packaging with nothing on the outside about the contents. Tracked courier takes 5 to 9 business days with online tracking. If a parcel does not arrive within the delivery window or arrives damaged, it is sent again free; if not possible, the order is refunded.

Does Haldol have other names?

Haldol is a brand name of haloperidol, which is also sold as Serenace. Here, haloperidol can be bought online as generic Haldol, and also as haloperidol tablets. These are generics, not the original brand.

Can I drink alcohol while taking Haldol?

Alcohol adds to the drowsiness and unsteadiness haloperidol causes, and it can lower blood pressure enough to make you feel faint. If you do drink, keep it light, and give yourself time to see how the two together affect you before driving or using machinery.

How does Haldol compare with risperidone?

Both are antipsychotics that block dopamine, but haloperidol belongs to the older first-generation group and risperidone to the newer second-generation group. Stiffness, tremor and restlessness are more common with haloperidol, while risperidone is more often linked with weight gain. Risperidone also acts on serotonin receptors, which haloperidol does not.

Does haloperidol come as a liquid or an injection?

Haloperidol is also made as a concentrated oral liquid, taken with a dropper, and as short-acting and long-acting injections given in hospital or clinic. The long-acting injection is given at intervals of several weeks. Tablets are the form most people take at home.

Does Haldol cause weight gain?

Weight gain is not one of haloperidol's usual effects; it is a bigger issue with the newer antipsychotics. A few people still find their appetite grows and their weight creeps up over the first months of treatment. Sticking to regular meals and keeping some daily activity going helps.

About Haldol

What Haldol tablets are used for

Haloperidol is an antipsychotic: it damps down dopamine signalling in the brain, the pathway that runs too hot in psychosis. That makes it useful in psychotic disorders, where thinking becomes disturbed or unusual, interest in life fades and emotions turn strong or out of place. It also settles the motor and verbal tics of Tourette's disorder, the repeated movements and sounds a person cannot hold back. Haloperidol is used for agitation and confusion linked to severe physical or mental illness, and it can control nausea and vomiting in hospital and palliative care.

It eases symptoms rather than curing the condition behind them, so it is usually taken steadily over weeks or months rather than for a few days.

How the tablets are taken

A 10mg tablet is swallowed with water two or three times a day, at about the same times each morning and evening. Treatment often begins at a lower dose that is built up in steps, and the dose may come down again once symptoms are under control. Coming off haloperidol suddenly can leave movement hard to control, so the dose is reduced gradually instead. Keep the tablets in their original pack somewhere cool and dry.

Side effects

Drowsiness, dizziness, a dry mouth and blurred vision are common in the first days and often settle as the body adjusts. Because haloperidol blocks dopamine in the movement pathways as well, stiffness, tremor, restlessness and slower walking are more likely at higher doses. Movements of the face, tongue or lips that a person cannot control can develop after months of treatment, and they do not always stop when the medicine does. Fever with rigid muscles, sweating and a fast or irregular heartbeat needs urgent treatment, and so do fainting or a seizure.

Alcohol and other medicines

Alcohol, sleeping tablets, anxiety medicines and strong painkillers all add to the drowsiness haloperidol causes and can leave you unsteady on your feet. Medicines for Parkinson's disease such as levodopa work against it, and some heart-rhythm drugs, antibiotics and antifungals raise the chance of an irregular heartbeat when they are taken alongside haloperidol.

Haldol 10mg or haloperidol 5mg?

Both are haloperidol tablets; the difference is the strength. This page covers the 10mg tablet. Haloperidol comes as 5mg and 10mg, so a smaller tablet is available there if that suits your routine. The haloperidol ingredient page goes through the other forms it is made in.

Sources

  1. Haloperidol: MedlinePlus Drug Information — National Library of Medicine
  2. Overview - Schizophrenia - NHS — NHS