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Does anyone know why a sczophrenic patient on haldol for 15 plus years, doing better then ever, functioning well when exposed to new enviroments, would be given respiridal instead of the haldol? There was no tapering down form the haldol injections. It was stopped completely and they administered respiridal instead. I was shocked. Told the Doctors he would not be able to function, described what would happen, begged them to go back to the haldol, but they refused. Well, everything I predicted came to be and he lost 5 months to the withdrawel, and is still not back to where he was prioir. They finally started the haldol after my many calls to the administrator, etc. It is a state facility. Could it be the cost of haldol vs respiridal? Also, he was schedualed to start transitioning out when the Dr. ordered the change. His team had approved the transistion a year prior and the Dr. would not sign off. She would never give me a reason (on the rare occasion she would return my calls), nor talk to my brother about it. She finally okayed it after I complained to the admisistrator. He is a great patent, no trouble. needs little interaction, totally trustworthy, working and had been given a supervisory postition. He has been there over 20 years. I think the Dr. does not want to lose him and the funding they receive for his care and that is why she changed the med at the exact time the transition to the halfway house started. She knew he would not be successful due to the med change but it would like like he couldn't handle the enviroment change. If anyone knows about these meds, the way they are used, side effects, proper way to transistion, anything, please e-mail. woodstockoriginal@sbcglobal.net
Thanks,
Robbie


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