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Mr. Tom Riddle was involuntarily committed to a 72-hour hold for observation at St Mungo's Hospital for the Mentally Infirm. He is activelly having a psychotic episode that includes auditory hallucinations, where he says the voices in his head call him "Lord Voldemort". He has delusions of grandeur where he describes ruling the world, along with his followers that he calls "the Death Eaters". He appears completely out of touch with reality, claiming that "only I can live forever" Upon reviewing his medical record, you see that Mr. Riddle was diagnosed with schizophrenia many years ago. His medication had been changed recently to Haldol 2mg PO BID. Apparently, Mr. Riddle has been noncompliant with taking his medication because he failed to refill his Haldol last month. 1. Explain what type of antipsychotic Haldol is and how it works. 2.After somewhat calming him down, Mr. Riddle was directly asked if he has been taking his medication. Mr. Riddle says he would skip doses because he was afraid the medicine was causing him to physically change into "Lord Voldemort", because his "back, neck, and face would move and arch". What side effects might Mr. Riddle have been experiencing? 3. Antipsychotic medications are available in many formulations. Conduct an online search and explain the difference in formulation between a regular IM injectable formulation and a depot IM injectable formulation. 4.Because Mr. Riddle is noncompliant with his oral medication, select an appropriate high potency, long acting injectable medication from the options provided in the tables of the textbook only, to help control his psychosis

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1) The Haldol is mainly helping for the treatment of several mental or mood related diseases like schizophrenia.This medicine supports you to think more understandably, sense decreased nervous and more involvement in the everyday life.It also helps to avoid the suicide in the persons who are probable to hurt themselves.It will also helps to avoid the hostility and and the wish to harm others.This will also helps to reduce the bad thinkings and hallucinations.The Haldol in the field of psychiatric medication, they do their duty by supporting to reinstate the balance of definite natural particles in the brain such as the neurotransmitters.

2) There lots of side effects for the Haldol.

The haldol is not allowed to use in the elder adults with the disease like dementia due to expanded chance of death at the time of treatment for the disease.

Some of the normal side effects are Vomiting, nervousness, nausea, skin itching, breast enlargement and anxiety.

Some of the major side effects are lengthy QT heartbeat, tardive dyskinesia and prolongation of the erection for many hours, death in elderly, Heartbeat irregularities.

3) Regular IM injectable Formulation:

The regular intramuscular injectable formulation of risperidone long acting formulation is going through the development with the goal to give a comfort and steady level of risperidone at the time of every treatment period provided each 4 weeks.

We know this type of formulation is a long acting formulation and the clients will be clearly treated  with a 1 mg immediate release formulation in the prime week to guarantee that the client will not make an allergic reaction to the medication before taking the long acting injectable formulation.The qualified patients can stand on their old oral medication and no need of any decreased medication.

Depot IM injectable Formulation:

The depot injection is a slow delivering or a slow acting kind of medication.It is the similar kind of medicine as a antipsychotic that you are utilized to having tablets or liquid type.But this is mainly given through injection and it is administered in a bearer liquid that releases by taking lots of time so it won't stay for long.

These injections are taken each 2, 3, or 4 week depending on the medication.And these injections will be provided to you by the healthcare executives.This injected to the muscles in buttocks or shoulder.

4) Long acting injectable drugs are :

Aripiprazole, Haldol, Risperidone, paliperidone , Fluphenazine and Olanzapine pamoate.

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