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Risperidone long-acting injection: the first 50 patients
AIMS AND METHOD Risperidone long-acting injection (RLAI) is the first atypical antipsychotic drug to be available in a ‘depot’ formulation. The evidence base underpinning its use is small.We sought to evaluate its early use in clinical practice by a naturalistic follow-up study of the first 50 patients to be prescribed RLAI in one National Health ServiceTrust. RESULTS At 6 months, 54% of patien...
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A long-acting form of the second-generation antipsychotic drug risperidone is now broadly available for the treatment of schizophrenia and closely related psychiatric conditions. It combines the advantage of previously available depot formulations for first-generation drugs with the favorable characteristics of the modern "atypical" antipsychotics, namely higher efficacy in the treatment of the...
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Risperidone long-acting injectable (RLAI) is approved for the treatment of schizophrenia in many countries. The suggested site is the gluteal muscle with a needle length of two inches (50 mm) in Japan, which is longer than the ordinarily used needle for intramuscular injections. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal needle insertion length for accurate delivery of RLAI procedure am...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Psychiatric Bulletin
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0955-6036
DOI: 10.1192/pb.28.7.264-a