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Switching to quetiapine for risperidone-induced amenorrhea: Report of two cases

Almost all the antipsychotics can cause hyperprolactinemia-related side-effects like amenorrhea. Quetiapine has been reported to have minimal propensity to cause hyperprolactinemia. We report here two cases of risperidone-induced amenorrhea, who resumed their normal cycle on switching over the medic...

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Autores principales: Pardal, P. K., Konwar, Raaj, Prakash, Jyoti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3237133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22174540
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.90348
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Sumario:Almost all the antipsychotics can cause hyperprolactinemia-related side-effects like amenorrhea. Quetiapine has been reported to have minimal propensity to cause hyperprolactinemia. We report here two cases of risperidone-induced amenorrhea, who resumed their normal cycle on switching over the medication to quetiapine.