Has anyone had experience of the merits or demerits of Haloperidol as opposed to Olanzapine?
Margaret has been on Haloperidol to try and calm her aggression since April 05. I thought that whilst it calmed her to some extent, it was also affecting her gait and balance, she was shuffling rather than walking and has had quite a few falls recently.
We saw the specialist and he changed he medication from Haloperidol to Olanzapine. We have only been using it for less than a fortnight so it is a bit early to arrive at conclusions. But Margaret appears to be much drowsier than before, and when she isn’t dozing seems to me to be more argumentative and bad tempered than with the Haloperidol.
I think the balance problem is better, but the gait hasn’t improved. The trouble is of course is that we don’t know whether the problems are the result of the drugs or the progression of the AD.
So I wondered if anyone had encountered similar problems, if so I would be glad to hear what they thought.
Cheers Barraf
Margaret has been on Haloperidol to try and calm her aggression since April 05. I thought that whilst it calmed her to some extent, it was also affecting her gait and balance, she was shuffling rather than walking and has had quite a few falls recently.
We saw the specialist and he changed he medication from Haloperidol to Olanzapine. We have only been using it for less than a fortnight so it is a bit early to arrive at conclusions. But Margaret appears to be much drowsier than before, and when she isn’t dozing seems to me to be more argumentative and bad tempered than with the Haloperidol.
I think the balance problem is better, but the gait hasn’t improved. The trouble is of course is that we don’t know whether the problems are the result of the drugs or the progression of the AD.
So I wondered if anyone had encountered similar problems, if so I would be glad to hear what they thought.
Cheers Barraf