Friday December 01, 2006


Q; ER papers say - patient received Halivan, what is that?

Halivan is a common medical slang for 'combo' of 5 mg Haldol with 2 mg Ativan to 'cool down' agitated or delirious patient. If you add 25 mg or 50 mg of Benadryl - it is called B52 cocktail !