Assignment:An Acute Manic Episode

M.B. is a 39-year-old man hospitalized for an acute manic episode, but is refusing all medications, reporting “I will be robbed of my superpowers.” He is found pacing around the inpatient unit shouting orders for his release. When asked to return to his room by the nursing staff, he becomes agitated, picks up a chair, and begins swinging it wildly at anyone who approaches him. In the past M.B. experienced an acute dystonic reaction to haloperidol. M.B. has a medical history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension. What is an appropriate pharmacologic intervention for M.B.?

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