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Clinical experience in developing treatment regimens with the novel antipsychotic risperidone
1Queen Elizabeth II Health Science Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
International Clinical Psychopharmacology
|November 14, 1997
Summary
Early antipsychotic treatment for schizophrenia improves outcomes. Risperidone offers effective symptom management with a lower risk of extrapyramidal side effects in first-episode psychosis patients.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Neuroscience
- Pharmacology
Background:
- Early intervention in schizophrenia is crucial for reducing relapse and long-term morbidity.
- Conventional antipsychotics carry a high risk of extrapyramidal side effects (EPS), often at therapeutic doses.
- Anticholinergic medications used to manage EPS have their own significant side effects, including cognitive impairment.