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Author: Sema Saltik and Şaziye Senem Başgül
Subjects: Hyperthermia, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Risperidone, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Pharmacology, medicine.disease, 030227 psychiatry, body regions, Neuroleptic malignant syndrome, 03 medical and health sciences, Psychiatry and Mental health, 0302 clinical medicine, Muscle Rigidity, Risperidone overdose, medicine, Pharmacology (medical), sense organs, Antipsychotic, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, medicine.drug
Abstract: Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is a rare, but potentially fatal idiosyncratic reaction to antipsychotic drugs that manifests itself consistently with hyperthermia, muscle rigidity, akinesia, altere...
Published: 2012
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Author: Warren D. Taylor, Glenn Catalano, and Maria C. Catalano
Subjects: Adult, Male, Psychosis, medicine.medical_treatment, Drug overdose, medicine, Haloperidol, Humans, Pharmacology (medical), Antipsychotic, Pharmacology, Risperidone, business.industry, Dopaminergic, medicine.disease, Risperidone overdose, Schizophrenia, Anesthesia, Dopamine Antagonists, Neurology (clinical), Serotonin Antagonists, Drug Overdose, business, medicine.drug, Antipsychotic Agents
Abstract: Risperidone (Risperdal) is a recently released novel antipsychotic medication. It is different from the conventional neuroleptics, such as haloperidol, as it has both serotinergic and dopaminergic activity. It has a more tolerable side-effect profile compared with other antipsychotic medications. We review the literature regarding the side effects of risperidone use, describe a case of overdose with risperidone, and discuss the clinical sequelae and management of such an overdose.
Published: 1997

Author: 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

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