Antipsychotic ester

Haloperidol decanoate, an antipsychotic ester.

An antipsychotic ester is an ester of an antipsychotic.[1] They are used clinically as prodrugs to increase fat solubility and thereby prolong duration when antipsychotics are used as depot injectables.[1]

  1. ^ a b Spanarello S, La Ferla T (2014). "The pharmacokinetics of long-acting antipsychotic medications". Current Clinical Pharmacology. 9 (3): 310–7. doi:10.2174/15748847113089990051. PMID 23343447.