Haloperidol for Nausea/Vomiting User Reviews (Page 2)
Brand names: Haldol, Haldol Decanoate
Haloperidol has an average rating of 3.3 out of 10 from a total of 38 reviews for the treatment of Nausea/Vomiting. 24% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 71% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Haloperidol
- Anonymous
- Taken for less than 1 month
- September 4, 2017
"I was given a shot of haldol for Gastroparesis related symptoms at the ER. It caused immediate and severe agitation and restlessness. The worst sensation of my life. I wanted to rip my skin off. They gave me Benadryl to try to combat the reaction. It temporarily lessened the symptoms, but took over two days to get out of my system. I will NEVER take this medication again."
- Lauri
- August 10, 2019
"Was given haloperidol in ER thru IV. Within seconds I got a hot flash like the menopause kind and then I felt like I couldn't sit still. They wouldn't give me anything to reverse it. Stayed like that for 2 hrs then they discharged me. It is 14 hrs later and still feeling agitated and restless. I hope it stops soon cause benadryl is making it worse."
- vampi...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- August 1, 2022
Haldol (haloperidol) "I went to the ER with persistent vomiting that I had already tried Zofran and other medicines for without any luck. After getting a dose of IV Haldol I stopped throwing up and was able to put down some water. I still had some lingering nausea when there was too much motion, but overall I would count it very successful. I didn't experience any negative side effects that I'm aware of."
- Logan
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- September 18, 2021
Haldol (haloperidol) "I experience nausea/vomiting related to my epilepsy after I have seizures. Sometimes it will last for over a week and I mean vomiting lasting 4+ hours at a time. Luckily this has no side effects for me besides sleepiness. Makes me feel better within a half hour. Zofran, Reglan and phenegran did me no good. It’s been a lifesaver for me."
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- Lulu
- Taken for less than 1 month
- July 26, 2019
"Was given this med through IV in the ER for severe stomach cramping and vomiting. It helped the cramping in stomach and vomiting but the moment they administered this drug I knew something was wrong. My legs started getting sore and cramping up on their own. Parts of my body would twitch and shake and I just couldn’t take it anymore I thought I was having a mental break. I was terrified that I’d be stuck like this forever with the awful panic that also came along with this med. Went right back into emerg and had them give me benadryl and a pill to reverse the effects. Never AGAIN!!!!"
- EmsJax
- Taken for less than 1 month
- November 12, 2023
"DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG! I almost died after being administered haldol without my knowledge. Went to the ER with vomiting and ended up having to come back and have my shirt cut off my body & I was almost defibrillated. I told the nurses at the ER my lips were turning as pale as my face and they ignored it, I ended up going home and within the next few hours my back, neck and arm muscles had completely locked up. My heart was beating over 200bpm. I got 5mg through an IV. I went mute, I couldn’t speak, I was stuck staring directly at the ceiling because of my neck being locked. My arms were stuck extended outwards to my sides. I almost didn’t make it out of the ICU. DO NOT TAKE IT! All these reviews are 100% accurate. I would rather vomit for 10 days straight than take Haldol again. It should be illegal."
- Janel...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- September 10, 2021
"I was given Haldol for my gastroparesis. I had slight nausea. But mainly had epigastric / chest pain from one of my "episodes". The nurse came in and says, the Dr. ordered Haldol and Benadryl, IV. Um... Ok.... I was worried about the Benadryl making me drowsy. But boy was I wrong. The Haldol!!! I felt like I was going to jump out of my skin! I was restless, agitated, I thought I was going to go CRAZY!! I had to keep moving my arms and legs. And all I wanted to do was rest! But every time I closed my eyes, I would see crazy images in bright neon colors. I felt like I was on an ACID TRIP! I hadn't slept in 3 or 4 days from my abdominal pain. I also had to lay still while they took me into do a CT scan. I really thought I was going to have to jump off of the table and run out of the hospital. I will NEVER take Haldol again.!!!! I will be listing it as an Allergy! I think that if you are crazy it helps you, but if you are straight.... Haldol will make you Crazy!!!"
- Wbriard
- Taken for less than 1 month
- August 21, 2022
"Given for dizziness vomiting and headache. Within minutes had severe reaction of spasms dr didn’t care said I was lying for more meds. Went to a new hospital where I was given a medicine to calm down the effects and put me on a temp anxiety medicine. Haldol is terrible."
- Anonymous
- Taken for less than 1 month
- July 19, 2022
Haldol (haloperidol) "Horrible! Helped my daughters stomach pain, however, made her super jittery and anxious! She absolutely hated it!"
- tre
- June 21, 2018
Haldol (haloperidol) "Worked great and quickly"
- Anonymous
- June 29, 2020
"Was given haloperidol for stomach pain and nausea. Made everything worse they should have never given it. Only slept 1 hour that night in the hospital and was miserable"
- Rox
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- January 16, 2022
Haldol (haloperidol) "This is a great drug if you build it up don't start with 5 mg start with 1mg. I have not had any side effects this way."
- Anonymous
- Taken for less than 1 month
- January 3, 2022
Haldol (haloperidol) "Worked fast and took away nauseating symptoms. I would recommend this medication for nausea"
- Lee
- Taken for less than 1 month
- April 4, 2022
"Terrible experience did not help nausea and had a panic attack, which is one of the worst feelings I have ever felt. Couldn’t sleep had to walk around all night because I just couldn't sit still."
- Anonymous
- Taken for less than 1 month
- May 9, 2022
Haldol (haloperidol) "Was given in ER for nausea. Worst experience of my life. Asked about side effects and told there were none. I feel like my heart is going to explode. Nothing has helped."
- NW49E...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- January 29, 2024
Haldol (haloperidol) "It's a very effective medicine. I have tried many others and for me it also work well for anxiety."
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"An ENT Doctor put my 79 year old mother on 1 mg of Haloperidol twice a day for 90 days. We di d not know she was taking it. She stopped going out to do normal errands, she was in bed a lot, she was losing weight, she had become a zombie, she has no appetite. She was put on it because she was burping a lot and had tried 3 other medications. She has had all kinds of tests to figure out why she was burping all the time but doctors have not been able to figure it out. This ENT Doctor is out of town but his associate told us this was probably too high of a dosage for an elderly and recommended he get us a new prescription for .25 mg twice a day, meaning she was taking 4 times the amount. We took her off it, I just hope I get my real mom back."