CASE CONTINUED
Medication changes
Ms. M’s psychiatrist tells her that her problems with tremors and falls are most likely caused by haloperidol and recommends a slow dosage reduction and discontinuing diphenhydramine. Haloperidol is decreased to 10 mg/d for 1 month and then to 5 mg/d.
Diphenhydramine is decreased to 25 mg at bedtime for 7 days and then stopped.