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| Year : 2013 | Volume
: 45
| Issue : 1 | Page : 100-101 |
A case of resistant schizophrenia responding at a higher than recommended dose of risperidone without significant side effects
Anirban Ray1, Bhaskar Mukherjee2
1 Department of Psychiatry, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, India
2 Antara Psychiatric Centre, Gobindapur, Baruipur, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Anirban Ray
Department of Psychiatry, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.106449
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 (20mg) 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.
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