A large meta-analysis reveals that most antipsychotics achieve near-maximal efficacy at the lower end of recommended dose ranges, typically around 3-5 mg/d of risperidone equivalents.

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A final-stage clinical trial comparing a new long-acting, once-weekly pill to treat schizophrenia symptoms with the existing daily treatment has found that both produce comparable therapeutic effects.

An investigational long-acting antipsychotic containing risperidone, known as TV-46000, was able to significantly delay time to relapse in patients with schizophrenia, according to the phase III RISE ...

Some patients have been sickened and at least one may have died when they were inadvertantly given the antipsychotic drug risperidone (Risperdal) instead of the Parkinson’s drug Requip (ropinirole) or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An oral, ultra-long-acting, extended-release risperidone capsule provided sustained therapeutic levels of ...

Background: To compare the efficacy and tolerability of paliperidone extended-release (ER) with risperidone immediate-release using propensity score methodology. Methods: Six double-blind, randomized, ...

For children with autistic disorder, treatment with risperidone over a 6 month period was associated with an average weight gain of 5.4±3.4kg (P=.0001), those are the findings of a new study published ...

According to a new study a medication commonly used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder in combat veterans may not be effective in reducing overall PTSD severity. In the six month study the ...

Review the side-effects of Risperidone as documented in medical literature. The term "side effects" refers to unintended effects that can occur as a result of taking the medication. In majority of the ...

Risperidone is a second-generation antipsychotic that lacks acute motor side effects at low doses (<6 mg/day), but above this level is associated with parkinsonism and akathesia. The literature ...