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Risperdal Consta® may be used alone or together with other medicines (eg, lithium or valproate) to treat patients with bipolar disorder
Taking antipsychotic medication during the last 3 months of pregnancy may cause problems in the newborn, such as withdrawal symptoms, breathing problems, feeding problems, fussiness, tremors, and However, the dose is usually not more than 6 mg per day
Children younger than 10 years of age—Use and dose must be determined by your doctor
Dose: 1-6 mg/day PO divided qd-bid; Start: 0
5mg, taken twice a day
This medicine should not be used to treat behavioral problems in older adults who have dementia
To start Uzedy, switch from taking oral daily risperidone using the dosing schedule below
It was a new kind of antipsychotic approved by the Federal Drug Administration in the 1990s to treat the symptoms of psychosis in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
RISPERDAL CONSTA ® should be used with caution in patients with known cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular
Risperdal belongs to the class of medications known as atypical antipsychotics or second generation antipsychotics
It is FDA-approved for the treatment of schizophrenia and for the maintenance treatment of bipolar 1 disorder
Recommended to establish tolerability of oral risperidone before initiating treatment with IM risperidone
The typical dose for Risperdal Consta (risperidone) is 25 mg injected into the muscle of the upper arm or buttocks every 2
Drowsiness, dizziness, lightheadedness, constipation, tiredness, drooling, weight gain, or redness/pain at the injection site may occur
For patients who have never taken oral paliperidone or oral or injectable risperidone, The dose of the injection varies depending on the specific injectable formulation used
itching, bruising, swelling, irritation, warmth, redness, and a hard lump (induration) where the injection was given