Sheila was on one eigth of her "normal" dose of Haloperidol at the time of the murders. She was far from being sedated.
Can´t believe Dr. Ferguson gave her more than 400 mg of Haloperidol per month for a period of time. No wonder she came across as being uncoordinated and tired!!!
I think it is verging on being criminal prescribing such high doses!
I can understand the young Dr. Wilkinson for cutting down the dose drastically, but she probably did not know that it is a very dangerous procedure.
Dr. Ferguson should have been looked into more thoroughly. He got away with very vague statements. it is not clear when Sheila had her dose cut down from more than 400 mg per month and to what dose (200 mg?) - was it in July 1985, earlier? It is not clear from his statements.
Was she in reality cut down from 400 mg to 100, not from 200?
I think he was extremely lucky, Alias. He may even have wiped his brow with relief. I have ALWAYS said that had Sheila been related to me I'd have demanded an investigation, but there's an irony here. I certainly didn't know about anti psychotics, back in 1985, what I know now, so back then I wouldn't have questioned it. The other thing which gave Dr F. a lucky break was that the very people who MAY have fought Sheila's corner, that is her immediate family, all died with her. The only person who may have recognized that the dose was too high was Dr Wilkinson, a young locum, who herself must have broken medical ethics by countermanding the instructions of a consultant.
