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What is Risperidone?

Risperidone is used to treat schizophrenia, and episodes of mania or mixed episodes for people with bipolar disorder, and irritability and aggression associated with autism. Off label it has been used for Tourette's, pervasive developmental disorder, PTSD, and agitation associated with Alzheimer's.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Treat my mood condition(s) 99 42 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Psychosis Disorder 40 15 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Bipolar Disorder 32 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Intrusive thoughts images or impulses 22 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Schizophrenia 18 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Hallucinations 17 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 40
Moderate
 47
Mild
 36
None
 23

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Risperidone

Weight gain 18
Sleepiness 14
Sex drive (libido) decreased 10
Apathy 7
Laziness 6
Fatigue 5
See all 73 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Risperidone. See all 28 dosages ►

  1mg as needed 0.25 mg daily 0.5 mg daily 1 mg daily 1.5 mg daily 25 mg/2 weeks every other week 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily 8 mg daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 12 Number of Patients: 12 45 Number of Patients: 45 70 Number of Patients: 70 8 Number of Patients: 8 3 Number of Patients: 3 64 Number of Patients: 64 20 Number of Patients: 20 22 Number of Patients: 22 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Risperidone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 66   Side effects too severe: 47%
Doctor's advice 40   Doctor's advice: 29%
Did not seem to work 35   Did not seem to work: 25%
Other 16   Other: 11%
Course of treatment ended 12   Course of treatment ended: 9%
Personal research 11   Personal research: 8%
Expense 7   Expense: 5%
Change in health plan coverage 4   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 1%

See all 132 patients who’ve stopped taking Risperidone

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Risperidone

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

Stopped Taking Risperidone

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Risperidone

Always
 109 75%
Usually
 22 15%
Sometimes
 10 7%
Never
 5 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Risperidone

Very
 14 10%
Somewhat
 20 14%
A little
 32 22%
Not at all
 80 55%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Risperidone

$200+
 2 2%
$100-199
 1 1%
$50-99
 2 2%
$25-49
 10 12%
< $25
 70 81%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.