Mortality Risk Associated with Haloperidol Use Compared with Other Antipsychotics: An 11-Year Population-Based Propensity-Score-Matched Cohort Study.
Kim S J LaoAngel Y S WongIan C K WongFrank M C BesagW C ChangEdwin H M LeeEric Y H ChenJoseph E BlaisEsther Wai Yin ChanPublished in: CNS drugs (2021)
Haloperidol was associated with increased overall mortality when compared with other antipsychotics in long-term follow-up. Treatment with haloperidol should be carefully considered, especially in older patients and patients at risk of CVD or pneumonia, since the risk of death appears to be lower with non-haloperidol agents.