A case of resistant schizophrenia responding at a higher than recommended dose of risperidone without significant side effects

A patient, diagnosed with schizophrenia, non-responsive to two atypical antipsychotics and partially responsive to the third (risperidone) in therapeutic dose, ultimately showed complete response without any unacceptable side-effect in a dose (20mg) that was untried previously. This case makes an im...

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Autores principales: Ray, Anirban, Mukherjee, Bhaskar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3608282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23543286
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.106449
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description A patient, diagnosed with schizophrenia, non-responsive to two atypical antipsychotics and partially responsive to the third (risperidone) in therapeutic dose, ultimately showed complete response without any unacceptable side-effect in a dose (20mg) that was untried previously. This case makes an important observation that high dose of risperidone can be tried in a patient with good results if his clinical condition permits.
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spelling pubmed-36082822013-03-29 A case of resistant schizophrenia responding at a higher than recommended dose of risperidone without significant side effects Ray, Anirban Mukherjee, Bhaskar Indian J Pharmacol Case Report A patient, diagnosed with schizophrenia, non-responsive to two atypical antipsychotics and partially responsive to the third (risperidone) in therapeutic dose, ultimately showed complete response without any unacceptable side-effect in a dose (20mg) that was untried previously. This case makes an important observation that high dose of risperidone can be tried in a patient with good results if his clinical condition permits. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3608282/ /pubmed/23543286 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.106449 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3608282/
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