Risperdal
Risperdal is a mental medication containing Risperidone, available as 1/2/3/4mg tablets.
- Category
- Mental
- Active ingredient
- Risperidone
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Film-coated tablet
- Strengths
- 1/2/3/4mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Risperdal vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia · Bipolar disorder
- Alternative Name
- Risnia
- Therapeutic Class
- Second-Generation Antipsychotic
- Pharmacological Class
- Benzisoxazole
- Known Off-label Uses
- autism spectrum disorder
- Minor Side Effects
- somnolence, dizziness
- Moderate Side Effects
- insomnia, tachycardia, hyperprolactinaemia
- Dosage Forms
- Film-coated tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Prescription medicine
- Originator
- Janssen
- Onset Time
- 1–2 weeks
- Duration
- 24 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store below 25°C in a dry place.
- Drug Interactions
- levodopa, other antipsychotics
- Age Restrictions
- Dose adjustment required for elderly and paediatric populations.
What you will receive
Risperdal is the originator brand name, made by Janssen. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with Janssen and do not ship the original Risperdal.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Risperidone) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.