Open AccessA case of resistant schizophrenia responding at a higher than recommended dose of risperidone without significant side effects
Author(s) -
Anirban Ray,
Bhaskar Mukherjee
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of pharmacology/the indian journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1998-3751
pISSN - 0253-7613
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7613.106449
Subject(s) - risperidone , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , side effect (computer science) , medicine , psychiatry , psychology , pediatrics , computer science , programming language
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 (20 mg) 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.