{"id":7801,"date":"2016-12-03T10:55:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T07:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/?p=7801"},"modified":"2016-12-03T10:55:03","modified_gmt":"2016-12-03T07:55:03","slug":"risperidone-long-acting-risperdal-consta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/risperidone-long-acting-risperdal-consta\/","title":{"rendered":"Risperidone long-acting (Risperdal Consta\u00ae)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Risperdal Consta\u00ae is a long-acting injectable formulation of risperidone, a second-generation (\u201catypical\u201d) antipsychotic. Here is basic information about this medication.<\/p>\n

FDA-Approved Indications<\/h4>\n
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  1. Schizophrenia<\/li>\n
  2. Monotherapy for the maintenance treatment of Bipolar I Disorder<\/li>\n
  3. Adjunctive therapy to lithium or valproate for the maintenance treatment of Bipolar I Disorder.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Disadvantages<\/h4>\n
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    1. Requires refrigeration<\/li>\n
    2. Administered every 2 weeks rather than every month<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Dose<\/h4>\n

      The recommended dose for the treatment of schizophrenia is 25 mg IM every 2 weeks.<\/p>\n

      The maximum dose is\u00a050 mg IM\u00a0every 2 weeks.<\/p>\n

      Dosage forms available (USA)<\/h4>\n

      Vial kits: 12.5 mg, 25 mg, 37.5 mg, and 50 mg<\/p>\n

      The kit includes:<\/p>\n

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      1. A vial containing the risperidone microspheres<\/li>\n
      2. A pre-filled syringe containing 2 mL of diluent<\/li>\n
      3. A SmartSite\u00ae Needle-Free Vial Access Device<\/li>\n
      4. Two Needle-Pro\u00ae safety needles for intramuscular injection (a 21 G UTW 1-inch needle with needle protection device for deltoid administration and a 20 G TW 2-inch needle with needle protection device for gluteal administration).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Risperdal Consta\u00ae is a long-acting injectable formulation of risperidone, a second-generation (\u201catypical\u201d) antipsychotic. Here is basic information about this medication. FDA-Approved Indications Schizophrenia Monotherapy for the maintenance treatment of Bipolar I Disorder Adjunctive therapy to lithium or valproate for the maintenance treatment of Bipolar I Disorder. Disadvantages Requires refrigeration Administered every 2 weeks rather than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5,458],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-6","category-5","category-458","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7801","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=7801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7802,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7801\/revisions\/7802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}