Brand Name: Risperdal
Generic Name: Risperidone
Primary Use: Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder
Dosage Forms:
To be used as per doctor’s advice.
Long term consequences:
Generic Name: Risperidone
Primary Use: Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder
Dosage Forms:
- Oral tablets of 0.25mg, 5mg, 1mg, 2mg, 3mg and 4mg
- Risperdal M-TAB orally disintegrating tablets of 0.5mg, 1mg, 2mg and 3mg
- Oral solution of 1mg/mL
- Overexcitement, restlessness
- Memory problems
- Balance loss, shuffling gait, abnormal body movements
- Rash
- Muscle spasm
- Ophthalmoplegia
- Aggression and agitation
- Anxiety, difficulty in concentration
- Lip smacking
- Speech and vision problems
- Sleeping disturbances
- Unusual facial expressions
- Increased urination
- Mask-like face
- Weakness in limbs
- Tics
- Back and chest pain
- Decrease libido
- Menses irregularities
- Oily skin
- Voice loss
To be used as per doctor’s advice.
Long term consequences:
- Weight gain
- Hyperprolactinaemia and prolactinoma
- Increase in blood sugar
- Tardive dyskinesia
- Rashes
- Muscle stiffness
- According to research, Risperdal has shown to be efficacious in both long and short-term use for reducing both negative and positive symptoms of schizophrenia.
- Researches have warranted it to be preferred as a first line treatment option.
