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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Manag. 2019;12(2):141–146.

Table 2.

Providers’ prescribing habits regarding haloperidol and pain control

Academic providers (n) Community providers (n) Total (n)

Use of haloperidol for pain control
Yes 85 30 115 (89.1%)
No 12 2 14 (10.9%)

Pain type prescribed for
Acute 8 7 15 (13.0%)
Acute on chronic 18 1 19 (16.5%)
Both 59 22 81 (70.4%)

Timing of use
First line only 6 0 6 (5.2%)
Second line only 14 7 21 (18.3%)
Both 65 23 88 (76.5%)
% Used first line if both 35.9% 27.7% 34.0%