Haloperidol-Risperidone

Haloperidol
Type Antipsychotic
Group Butyrophenones
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ATC-code N05AD01
Medscape Haloperidol
PubChem 3559
PubMed Haloperidol
Drugs.com haloperidol
Kompas (Dutch) Haloperidol
Wikipedia Haloperidol
Risperidone
Type antipsychotic
Group atypical AP
Other use moodstabilizer
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ATC-code N05AX08
Medscape Risperidone
PubChem 5073
PubMed Risperidone
Drugs.com risperidone
Kompas (Dutch) Risperidone
Wikipedia Risperidone

Switch medication from Haloperidol to Risperidone.

Nietinrijdenbord.png Stop Haloperidol
  • Day 1-4: approx. 75% of initial dose
  • Day 5-8: approx. 50% of initial dose
  • Day 9-12: approx. 25% of initial dose
  • Day 13: stop
Eenrichtingbord.png Start Risperidone
  • Day 1-4: approx. 25% of target dose
  • Day 5-8: approx. 50% of target dose
  • Day 9-12: approx. 75% of target dose
  • Day 13: target dose
Infobord.png More information
  • During this switch you could monitor ECG, especially in patients prone to QT-conduction problems.
  • There is a possibility of QT interval prolongation.[6]
    Switchstandaardup en down.jpg
Nietinrijdenbord.png — Haloperidol
Eenrichtingbord.png — Risperidone


  1. ↑ WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology ATC=N05AD01
  2. ↑ 2.02.12.22.32.4 KNMP; Informatorium Medicamentorum 2015; Monografie "haloperidol" (Dutch) Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "informatorium" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ 3.03.13.23.3 The Lundbeck Institute; Psychotropics; Terminal Plasma Half-lives Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "pts" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ 4.04.1 Farmacotherapeutisch Kompas; Inleidende Tekst Antipsychotica (dutch)
  5. ↑ Woods SW; Chlorpromazine equivalent doses for the newer atypical antipsychotics J Clin Psychiatry 2003;64:663-667
  6. ↑ Stöllberger C, Huber JO, Finsterer J, Antipsychotic drugs and QT prolongation. Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 2005 Sep;20(5):243-51.
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