noun
- Plural of haloperidol; a class of antipsychotic medications used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other psychotic conditions.
Usage: medical/pharmaceutical term; typically used in clinical or pharmaceutical contexts
Examples
- The psychiatrist prescribed haloperidols to help manage the patient's psychotic symptoms.
- Several haloperidols are available in both oral and injectable forms.
- Haloperidols work by blocking dopamine receptors in the brain.
- The hospital stocks multiple haloperidols for emergency psychiatric care.
- Patients taking haloperidols require regular monitoring for side effects.