Agitation and emergency use
Psychiatric medications prescribed for agitation and emergency use. These medications are administrated intramuscularly (IM).
The administration of a "B52" medication cocktail, which consists of IM injections of Benadryl 50 mg, Haldol 5 mg, and Ativan 2 mg, is a typical procedure in agitation and emergency.
- Ativan (lorazepam): This is the most popular and useful benzodiazepine for the treatment of agitation. It has a rapid onset of action.
- Benadryl (diphenhydramine): Intramuscular (IM) formulation for emergency use.
- Haldol (haloperidol): Intramuscular (IM) formulation for emergency use.
- Zyprexa (olanzapine): Intramuscular (IM) formulation can reduce agitation in 15 to 30 minutes of administration
- Geodon (ziprasidone): Intramuscular (IM) formulation can reduce agitation in 15 minutes of administration.
- Thorazine (chlorpromazine): Intramuscular (IM) formulation for emergency use.
Other IM injections for emergency use for agitation are:
- cyamemazine: IM injection for acute agitation and aggression
- Loxapine: Intramuscular (IM) formulation for emergency use.
- Prolixin (fluphenazine): Intramuscular (IM) formulation for emergency use.
- Trilafon (perphenazine): Intramuscular (IM) formulation for emergency use.
- Stelazine (trifluoperazine): Intramuscular (IM) formulation for emergency use.
- Clopixol, Clopixol-Acuphase (zuclopenthixol): Intramuscular (IM) formulation for emergency use.
- Ketalar (ketamine): Ketamine can be used as a rescue medication for acute agitation if large dosages of benzodiazepines or antipsychotics are unsuccessful. The dosage is 5 mg/kg intramuscularly (IM).