How long does it take to work?
My uncle has been on it for 2 weeks and says it’s not helping. I told him to give it a month.
From Google:
“Haloperidol typically works within 30 to 60 minutes . A long-acting formulation may be used as an injection every four weeks by people with schizophrenia or related illnesses, who either forget or refuse to take the medication by mouth.”
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They gave me a shot of haldol in the ER and said it works fast. I don’t know about pills. Usually they keep you in the ward a week or two for the med. To have full effect. My doctor said most meds. It takes two weeks for an effect. But a lot of literature says second generation antipsychotics have a 30 some percent efficacy. That’s why they typically put people on 2 antipsychotics.
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I’m on 20mg olanzapine plus 5mg haldol. It hits me about 30 minutes after taking both. I was having a hard time sleeping on just the olanzapine but when they added the haldol i began to have better sleep the same night. Unfortunately, I’m sleeping so well that now i sleep 10-11 hours every night and feel like a big slug.
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