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  • Title: Droperidol in acutely agitated patients. A double-blind placebo-controlled study.
    Author: van Leeuwen AM, Molders J, Sterkmans P, Mielants P, Martens C, Toussaint C, Hovent AM, Desseilles MF, Koch H, Devroye A, Parent M.
    Journal: J Nerv Ment Dis; 1977 Apr; 164(4):280-3. PubMed ID: 321727.
    Abstract:
    Forty-one acutely agitated patients received an i.v. injection of 4 ml of a double blind solution containing either 10 mg of droperidol or placebo. The need for further medication (5 mg of haloperidol after 3 minutes or individually adapted psychotropics after 30 minutes) was used as a parameter for the evaluation of the results. Three minutes after the injection, haloperidol was needed by only six out of 19 patients of the droperidol group, but by 19 patients of the control group. Thirty minutes after the first injection, further medication was needed by only four droperidol patients and 10 placebo patients. No side effects could be attributed to the double blind medication.
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