{"id":7797,"date":"2016-12-03T10:56:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T07:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/?p=7797"},"modified":"2016-12-03T10:56:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-03T07:56:38","slug":"paliperidone-invega","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/paliperidone-invega\/","title":{"rendered":"Paliperidone (Invega\u00ae)"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Paliperidone extended-release (US brand name Invega\u00ae and generic) is a second-generation (\u201catypical\u201d) antipsychotic.<\/p>\n<h4>FDA-approved indications<\/h4>\n<p>1. Treatment of schizophrenia in adults and adolescents (ages 12-17)<\/p>\n<p>2. Treatment of schizoaffective disorder in adults as monotherapy and as an adjunct to mood stabilizers and\/or antidepressants.<\/p>\n<h4>Dosage<\/h4>\n<p><em>A. Schizophrenia (adults)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Initial: 6 mg\/day<br \/>\nRecommended: 3 \u2013 12 mg\/day<br \/>\nMaximum: 12 mg\/day<\/p>\n<p>Recommended dose increments: 3 mg\/day at intervals of more than 5 days after clinical assessment<\/p>\n<p>Dose increases above 6 mg\/day should be made only after clinical reassessment and generally should occur at intervals of more than 5\u00a0days<\/p>\n<p><em>B. Schizophrenia (adolescents &lt; 51 kg)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Initial: 3 mg\/day<br \/>\nRecommended: 3 \u2013 6 mg\/day<br \/>\nMaximum: 6 mg\/day<\/p>\n<p>Recommended dose increments: 3 mg\/day at intervals of more than 5 days after clinical assessment<\/p>\n<p><em>C. Schizophrenia (adolescents \u2265 51 kg)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Initial: 3 mg\/day<br \/>\nRecommended: 3 \u2013 12 mg\/day<br \/>\nMaximum: 12 mg\/day<\/p>\n<p>Recommended dose increments: 3 mg\/day at intervals of more than 5 days after clinical assessment<\/p>\n<p><em>d. Schizoaffective Disorder (adults)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Initial: 6 mg\/day<br \/>\nRecommended: 3 \u2013 12 mg\/day<br \/>\nMaximum: 12 mg\/day<\/p>\n<p>Recommended dose increments: 3 mg\/day at intervals of more than\u00a04 days after clinical assessment<\/p>\n<p>Paliperidone should be administered once daily. Tablets should be swallowed whole and should not be chewed, divided, or crushed.<\/p>\n<h4>Dosage forms and strengths<\/h4>\n<p>Tablets: 1.5 mg, 3 mg, 6mg, and 9 mg<\/p>\n<p>Please refer to Prescribing Information (see link below) for complete discussion of dosage, administration, warnings and precautions, contraindications, etc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paliperidone extended-release (US brand name Invega\u00ae and generic) is a second-generation (\u201catypical\u201d) antipsychotic. FDA-approved indications 1. Treatment of schizophrenia in adults and adolescents (ages 12-17) 2. Treatment of schizoaffective disorder in adults as monotherapy and as an adjunct to mood stabilizers and\/or antidepressants. Dosage A. Schizophrenia (adults) Initial: 6 mg\/day Recommended: 3 \u2013 12 mg\/day [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,7,458,151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-152","category-7","category-458","category-151","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7798,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7797\/revisions\/7798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}