Clinical Psychiatry News - Droperidol found to be quickest in sedating acutely agitated patients.(Adult Psychiatry)(Brief article)
NEW YORK — Droperidol produces a significantly more rapid onset of effective sedation in patients with acute agitation of unclear etiology than does lorazepam or ziprasidone, Todd Gengerke, M.D., reported at the annual meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.
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In a double-blind, randomized trial involving a total of 147 patients who presented to an emergency department during the 2004-2005 study period, an intramuscular injection of 5 mg of the butyrophenone antipsychotic droperidol was found to result in significantly greater sedation after 15 and 30 minutes (as … sibutramine.
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