CHLORPROMAZINE vs HALOPERIDOL DECANOATE

A patient presents with intractable nausea and vomiting due to bowel obstruction. The cause of this obstruction is irreversible, so you decide to treat palliatively by starting octreotide to shut down the GI tract and relieve your patient. Traditionally, octreotide is used as a twice or three-time d

35 year old female, smoker, currently 322lbs 6ft tall BMI of 45, BPD with GAD that is well controlled with 120mg Duloxetine and 100mg chlorpromazine daily, ME/CFS with pain being treat with 30mg amitryptiline daily, PCOS being treat with 2000mg metformin daily and 30mg norethisterone daily for 10 da

Hi. I'm 21F. My height and weight are around 5'2 and 120lbs. I'm white British. I have mental health conditions that are diagnosed as BPD, depression and anxiety at the minute. I take 75mg venlafaxine a day and when really anxious take 25mg chlorpromazine as needed. At times I get phrases stuck in

One of the challenges of pharmacy: prochloperazine, promethazine, promazine, chlorpromazine, Any other ones that make your head explode?

18F,5'7,180 pounds ( I chucky),very white, I have a developed a random ticing disorder, 7/almost 8 months ago medications tried ( its super long sorry) in no order because I for get how it goes 1. 1mg Guanfacine -10000 out of 10 ( could not stay awake at all) 2. 5mg Haloperidol 2 out of 10 ( don't r

Hi Reddit health professionals, I am concerned that I may have giardia, but the GP I saw thinks I have post-infectious IBS. He ordered some faecal tests and results are still pending. However, the consult was rushed and the Dr. didn't ask any clarifying questions about my symptoms/health history, cu

Hello fellow pharmacy people! I'm currently working on a school project about typical and atypical antipsychs. I was wondering what the prototype is for the typical antipyshcs... If I am understanding things correctly chlorpromazine is the prototype, right? Or is it only the prototype for the phenoz

I’m a 39 year old caucasian female. I live in California. I’m 5’2, 200lbs. I have a tendency to write too much and give too much info, so I tried to do a shorter version, if the longer version is just too much, although it's still long (sorry). The longer version has more details below that. I wasn'

My Grand-dad, Richard, was a DCI for the Merseyside Metropolitan Police. Sorry, I’m a police officer myself, and I come from a big police family, so acronyms become something of a second tongue. A DCI is a Detective Chief Inspector, and he would command a small unit of officers when heading up serio

I live by myself in a small studio apartment with no girlfriend, no kids and very few friends. I like my privacy and, being a natural introvert, I have no problem being alone much of the time. So when a noise woke me in the middle of the night, I instantly knew something was wrong. I heard ra

Adorable because they're so tiny!! This and the tiny pills that come in nitroglycerin!

When I first started Nursing I was told to expect to meet patients who I would never forget, and no matter how hard I try, several years later, I’m still haunted by my experience of looking after Patient E. I made my way to work at the Hospital on a cold Friday night in December. That night it seeme

First of all, I appreciate all of you residents still stuck fighting the good fight. Despite all of the challenges facing you and physicians in general, I honestly believe there is no more noble a profession than ours. This isn't just for future psychiatrists, but it's the field I know. With that sa