Risperidone-induced sialorrhea responsive to biperiden treatment
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Risperidone-induced sialorrhea responsive to biperiden treatment.
Materials and methods The patient was an 18 year old female suffering from schizophrenia, paranoid type. She had no history of any medical condition. The onset of her psychiatric condition was at the age of 17. Due to low adherence, she had never taken any medications and had no previous hospitalizations. During her hospitalization, she was started on 1mg/ d lorazepam and 2mg/d risperidone (wit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of General Psychiatry
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1744-859X
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859x-7-s1-s287