1. Overdose of risperidone
- Author
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Ken Brown, Cynthia Brenner, Ellen L Hamburg, Howard Levy, and Stephen Leffler
- Subjects
Adult ,Male ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Poison control ,Suicide, Attempted ,Suicide prevention ,Electrocardiography ,Antipsychotic Agent ,Piperidines ,medicine ,Humans ,Antipsychotic ,Risperidone ,Suicide attempt ,business.industry ,Poisoning ,Dopamine antagonist ,Isoxazoles ,Risperidone overdose ,Anesthesia ,Emergency Medicine ,business ,medicine.drug ,Antipsychotic Agents - Abstract
Risperidone is an investigational antipsychotic agent currently being tested in an international multicenter drug trial. We report the first case of a risperidone overdose in an apparent suicide attempt. This was without serious clinical side effects and manifested mainly as ECG abnormalities.
- Published
- 1993