The association of haloperidol with promethazine ( H + P ) promoted tranquilization and presented better safety profile , with moderate quality evidence .
Olanzapine demonstrated benefit towards tranquilization and good safety profile , but needed additional administration to keep tranquilization .
There was no benefit in the use of haloperidol alone or associated to another psychotropic to most outcomes evaluated .
Rapid tranquilization is an intervention used in control of agitation or aggression in patients with mental disorders .
This study synthesized the available evidence regarding efficacy and safety of drugs used for rapid tranquilization in psychiatric patients with psychomotor agitation .
Efficacy of combinations of intramuscular antipsychotics and sedative-hypnotics for control of psychotic agitation.
The combination of haloperidol , 5 mg , and lorazepam , 4 mg , was both effective and safe for managing agitated behavior in an open trial with acutely psychotic patients . The combination also appeared to be superior to its individual components when studied in a r and omized , nonblind trial . The principle of the combined use of antipsychotics and sedative-hypnotics was further tested by comparing two new combinations : thiothixene , 5 mg , and lorazepam , 4 mg , versus haloperidol , 5 mg , and phenobarbital sodium , 130 mg . These combinations had comparable efficacy and safety , and the level of transquilization approached that produced by the haloperidol-lorazepam combination in the preceding studies
The association of haloperidol with promethazine ( H + P ) promoted tranquilization and presented better safety profile , with moderate quality evidence .
Olanzapine demonstrated benefit towards tranquilization and good safety profile , but needed additional administration to keep tranquilization .
There was no benefit in the use of haloperidol alone or associated to another psychotropic to most outcomes evaluated .
Rapid tranquilization is an intervention used in control of agitation or aggression in patients with mental disorders .
This study synthesized the available evidence regarding efficacy and safety of drugs used for rapid tranquilization in psychiatric patients with psychomotor agitation .