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What is Risperdal?

This is the brand name for Risperidone, which is in the class of drugs called atypical antipsychotics. It is used to treat the symptoms of schizophrenia, and episodes of mania or mixed episodes for people with bipolar disorder.

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
7 30%
Moderate
7 30%
Mild
3 13%
None
6 26%

Most commonly reported side effects

Sleepiness
8 35%
Sex drive (libido) decreased
4 17%
apathy, laziness
3 13%
Amenorrhea
2 9%
Headaches
2 9%
Intense Anger
2 9%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Risperdal. See all 17 dosages ►

  0.25mg as needed 1mg as needed 1mg/mL as needed 2 1mg as needed 0.125 mg daily 0.25 mg daily 0.375 mg daily 0.5 mg daily 0.8 mg daily 1 mg daily 1.5 mg daily 2 mg daily 2.5 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily 5 mg daily 4 mg
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 24 Number of Patients: 24 1 Number of Patients: 1 21 Number of Patients: 21 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Risperdal (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
24 59% Side effects too severe: 59%
Doctor's advice
9 22% Doctor's advice: 22%
Did not seem to work
8 20% Did not seem to work: 20%
Course of treatment ended
4 10% Course of treatment ended: 10%
Other
3 7% Other: 7%
Personal research
2 5% Personal research: 5%
Not indicated
1 2% Not indicated: 2%

See all 37 patients who’ve stopped taking Risperdal

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Risperdal

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
3
0
2
10
11
6

Stopped Taking Risperdal

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
9
4
8
5
6
5

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
18 78%
Usually
2 9%
Sometimes
2 9%
Never
1 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
4 17%
Somewhat
4 17%
A little
6 26%
Not at all
9 39%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 4%
$25-49
1 4%
< $25
10 43%

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Report created on November 23, 2009.