Haldol+Cogentin is less dangerous than modern atypical AP's, but, again, there is no money in it. Modern AP's give the benefit of fewer neurological side effects, including tardive dyskinesia, compared to older ones, but on the negative side is the weight gain and the metabolic syndrome. Those side effects - the weight gain and the metabolic syndrome - are often persistent, and yet not disclosed in drug leaflets as tardive, unlike TD. Cogentin works to reduce the neurological side effects, but there is no standard treatment to outweigh (no pun intended) the weight gain produced by many later AP's. In other words, there is no antidote to modern AP's - topamax is used sometime, but it gives its own side effects. So given the metabolic side effects of modern antipsychotics, including the risk of developing diabetes, it is hard to say that Haldol is necessarily more dangerous. Plus, many people can manage on Haldon PRN, which is vastly safer than regular intake.