Manufacturer
Janssen
 
Contents
Risperidone
 
Indication
Acute & chronic schizophrenic psychoses & other psychotic conditions in which +ve &/or -ve symptoms are prominent; alleviates affective symptoms associated w/ schizophrenia; maintenance of clinical improvement during continuation therapy in patients who have shown an initial treatment response.
 
Instruction
Risperdal Consta should be administered every 2 weeks by deep IM gluteal injection using the enclosed safety needle. Injections should alternate between the buttocks. Do not administer IV (see Instructions for Use/Handling as follows).
 
Drug interaction
Use w/ other centrally acting drugs (caution). May antagonize the effect of levodopa & other dopamine-agonists. Antihypertensive treatment. Carbamazepine & other hepatic enzyme inducers. Phenothiazines, TCAs & some β-blockers. Fluoxetine & paroxetine.