Risperidone (Risperdal tablet, Janssen) therapy may lead to loss of bone mineral density (BMD) in premenopausal women with schizophrenia, according to a small study. Another atypical antipsychotic agent, olanzapine (Zyprexa generic, Eli Lilly), appears to exert no such adverse effects, Israeli physicians report. Many antipsychotic agents, including risperidone, are associated with hyper-prolactinemia, and schizophrenia itself [...]
Antipsychotic medicine Risperdal (Risperidone) is indicated for the treatment of schizophrenia disease that is characterized by hallucinations, delusions and social withdrawal and for the short term treatment of bipolar manic depression, from what more than three million Americans believed to suffer. It has been known that physicians now have expanded two additional dosages (3 mg [...]
The following safety information is necessary for those who prescribes or is prescribed to take generic Risperdal as antipsychotic medication. First of all, Risperdal (Risperidone) is not approved for the treatment of patients with Dementia-Related Psychosis. Such elderly patients treated with atypical antipsychotic drugs are at an increased risk of death. Second, Risperdal medication can [...]
Risperdal drug (Risperidone) is an oral prescription medication that has been approved in the UK for the treatment of mania in bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depression. It causes periods of extreme depression and mania and leads to unusual shifts in a person’s energy, mood and ability to function. This chronic illness needs to be [...]
According to new facts of Value in Health, the newer antipsychotic Zyprexa (Olanzapine) may not result in cost savings comparing with an older, inexpensive generic antipsychotic in treating of schizophrenia disease. It was revealed that despite higher medication costs of Zyprexa tablets the difference in one-year direct total costs between this kind of schizophrenia medication [...]
New data received by Corcept Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CORT) demonstrated that adding CORLUX to Risperdal (Risperidone) treatment mitigates the weight gain associated with Risperdal drug. Generic Risperdal is a well-known kind of schizophrenia medication, that is effective for the treatment of schizophrenia disease and bipolar disorder. CORLUX, Corcept’s late-stage GRII receptor antagonist, was investigated in a [...]
RISPERDAL (Risperidone) is known as schizophrenia medication and also as an effective medicine for bipolar disorder. It has been known today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ratified a new use of Risperdal drug: at this moment Risperidone antipsychotic medication can be prescribed for the treatment of irritability associated with autistic disorder, including [...]
