Residency Year 1

Question 1

Haloperidol (Serenase)

MOA, Contraindication, Dosage

Question 2

Malignant neuroleptic syndrome

Associated with Haloperidol

Answer 2

rare, hypertermia, generalised muscle rigidity, autonomic instability, AMS, increased in creatine phosphokinase

Question 3

Tardive dyskinesia

Associated with Haloperidol

Answer 3

Rhythmic involuntary movements of the tongue, face, mouth and mandibula

Question 4

Extrapyramidal syndrome

Associated with Haloperidol

Answer 4

tremor, rigidity, hypersalivation, bradykinesia, Akathisia, acute dystonia (torcicollo, smorfie facciali, trisma, protrusione della lingua, movimenti oculari anomali)