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What is Risperidone?

Risperidone 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.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken
# of patients Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
Other 1 1
Bipolar Disorder 1 0

See all 3 patients currently taking Risperidone

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 100%
Mild
0 0%
None
0 0%

Most commonly reported side effects

Sex drive (libido) decreased
1 100%
Anger
1 100%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  1 mg daily 25 mg/2 weeks every other week 4 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Risperidone

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
1 100%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 100%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

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Report created on March 20, 2010.