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'''Haloperidol''' (trade name '''Haldol''') is an [[antipsychotic]] drug used to treat a variety of mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, [[mania]], bipolar disorder, [[delirium]], [[psychosis]], Tourette syndrome, as well as other ~~symptoms~~. It was first synthesized in 1958 by Paul Janssen<ref>https://books.google.ca/books?id=Cb6BOkj9fK4C&pg=PA124#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> from [[meperidine]]<ref>https://books.google.ca/books?id=iDNy0XxGqT8C&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>. Haloperidol is on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, the most important medications needed in a basic health system.<ref>http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/essentialmedicines/EML2015_8-May-15.pdf</ref> It is also one of the most frequently prescribed typical antipsychotics and is sometimes carried by medical services as an emergency sedative.

'''Haloperidol''' (trade name '''Haldol''') is an [[antipsychotic]] drug used to treat a variety of mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, [[mania]], bipolar disorder, [[delirium]], [[psychosis]], Tourette syndrome, as well as other disorders. It was first synthesized in 1958 by Paul Janssen<ref>https://books.google.ca/books?id=Cb6BOkj9fK4C&pg=PA124#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> from [[meperidine]]<ref>https://books.google.ca/books?id=iDNy0XxGqT8C&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>. Haloperidol is on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, the most important medications needed in a basic health system.<ref>http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/essentialmedicines/EML2015_8-May-15.pdf</ref> It is also one of the most frequently prescribed typical antipsychotics and is sometimes carried by medical services as an emergency sedative.

==Chemistry==

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-'''Haloperidol''' (trade name '''Haldol''') is an [[antipsychotic]] drug used to treat a variety of mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, [[mania]], bipolar disorder, [[delirium]], [[psychosis]], Tourette syndrome, as well as other symptoms. It was first synthesized in 1958 by Paul Janssen<ref>https://books.google.ca/books?id=Cb6BOkj9fK4C&pg=PA124#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> from [[meperidine]]<ref>https://books.google.ca/books?id=iDNy0XxGqT8C&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>. Haloperidol is on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, the most important medications needed in a basic health system.<ref>http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/essentialmedicines/EML2015_8-May-15.pdf</ref> It is also one of the most frequently prescribed typical antipsychotics and is sometimes carried by medical services as an emergency sedative.
+'''Haloperidol''' (trade name '''Haldol''') is an [[antipsychotic]] drug used to treat a variety of mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, [[mania]], bipolar disorder, [[delirium]], [[psychosis]], Tourette syndrome, as well as other disorders. It was first synthesized in 1958 by Paul Janssen<ref>https://books.google.ca/books?id=Cb6BOkj9fK4C&pg=PA124#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> from [[meperidine]]<ref>https://books.google.ca/books?id=iDNy0XxGqT8C&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>. Haloperidol is on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, the most important medications needed in a basic health system.<ref>http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/essentialmedicines/EML2015_8-May-15.pdf</ref> It is also one of the most frequently prescribed typical antipsychotics and is sometimes carried by medical services as an emergency sedative.
 ==Chemistry==