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Preferred term

Haloperidol  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A phenyl-piperidinyl-butyrophenone that is used primarily to treat SCHIZOPHRENIA and other PSYCHOSES. It is also used in schizoaffective disorder, DELUSIONAL DISORDERS, ballism, and TOURETTE SYNDROME (a drug of choice) and occasionally as adjunctive therapy in INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY and the chorea of HUNTINGTON DISEASE. It is a potent antiemetic and is used in the treatment of intractable HICCUPS. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p279)

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • 1-Butanone, 4-(4-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-hydroxy-1-piperidinyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-
  • 52-86-8 (Haloperidol)
  • J6292F8L3D

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  • French

  • 1-Butanone, 4-(4-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-hydroxy-1-piperidinyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-
  • 52-86-8 (Haloperidol)
  • J6292F8L3D

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-ZGWQ380R-R

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