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Common name
Rispolept (Risperidone)
Description
Ripsolept (Risperidone) is an antipsychotic agent used to treat emotional and mood disorders. It may also be used to treat other conditions as determined by your doctor.
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Active Ingredients:
Risperidone
Therapeutic actions:
Rispolept (Risperidone) has an impact on two chemical messengers (neurotransmitters) in the brain, dopamine and serotonin. The main effect of Risperidone is to block the dopamine receptors, reducing the effect of excess dopamine and correcting the imbalance.
What is it used for?
Rispolept (Risperidone) is one of a group of medicines called antipsychotics. Antipsychotics are used to treat a variety of conditions that affect the way you think, feel and/or act. These can be preoccupation with troublesome recurring thoughts, overactivity, and unpleasant unusual experiences such as hearing and seeing things not normally seen or heard. People with these conditions may also feel depressed, guilty, anxious or tense.
Contraindications and cautions:
Before taking your medicine, tell your doctor if:
- you are pregnant, trying to become pregnant, or breast feeding. You should not breast feed if you are taking the medicine.
Risperidon should not be used by children under the age of 15 years.
Ask your doctor for advice if:
- you are taking medicines for Parkinsonis disease
- you suffer from heart or blood vessel disease, liver or kidney disease, Parkinsonis disease, epilepsy or dementia
- you have had a stroke or transient ischaemic attack (temporary reduction in blood flow to the brain).
You should also tell your doctor if you have other risk factors for blood vessel disease, including high blood pressure, diabetes, current smoking or a heart disorder called atrial fibrillation.
Officially you should not drink while taking risperidone. This is because both alscohol and risperidone can make you feel drowsy, so taking the two together may make you feel very drowsy.
Drugs can affect libido (desire)arousal (erection) and orgasmic ability.
Side effects:
All medicines can have side effects. Sometimes they are serious, but most of the time they are not.
Below is a list of possible side effects you could get while using Risperidone:
* sleeplessness
* agitation
* anxiety
* headache
* trembling
* excessive saliva
* blocked nose
* muscle stiffness
* restlessness in the legs
* fall in blood pressure, particularly on standing.
This will be apparent to you as light-headedness or dizziness that passes after a few seconds or after sitting down again.
* fast heart rate
* weight gain
Although these effects are generally not harmful, contact your doctor if they bother you too much.
The following may occur less often:
* drowsiness, tiredness, difficulty in concentrating, somnolence, usually mild and short lasting may occur more often in children than in adults
* blurred vision
* dizziness
* indigestion, nausea, abdominal pain, constipation
* sexual function disturbances
* some loss of bladder control
* excessive thirst
* During a long treatment, twitching of the tongue, face, mouth and jaws can occur. Should this happen contact your doctor.
* In the early stages of treatment, in some people, blood pressure may decrease slightly and the heart beat increase resulting in dizziness.
* After using Risperidone for a long time, some women may experience breast enlargement or get a discharge from the breasts. They may also experience irregular or heavy periods or absence of their periods. In men, breasts may enlarge slightly.
The following may occur rarely:
* Oversensitivity (allergy).
* In extremely rare cases, significant changes in body temperature may occur. This rise or fall in temperature is caused by a combination of several factors such as extreme cold or heat. Call your doctor if this happens.
* In elderly patients with dementia, sudden weakness or numbness of the face, arms or legs, especially on one side, instances of slurred speech and stroke have been seen. If any of these should occur, even for a short period of time, seek medical attention right away.
* In very rare cases, high blood sugar has been reported. The symptoms of high blood sugar may be the need to urinate more often or feeling thirsty all the time. Contact your doctor if you experience any of these symptoms
Interactions:
Tell your doctor if you are taking any other medicines because taking some medicines together can be harmful.
If you are taking any of the following, taking Risperidone as well may make you feel more drowsy:
- Medicines taken for anxiety or to help you to sleep (tranquillisers)
- Certain painkillers
- Some antihistamines (such as chlorpheniramine)
- Certain antidepressants.
Only take these medicines while you are on Risperidone if your doctor says that you can.
A drug called carbamazepine, commonly used to treat epilepsy or facial neuralgia (severe pain attacks in the face), or others such as fluoxetine or paroxetine (medicines for treating depression) may affect liver enzymes. This can change the effect of Risperidone, so you should tell your doctor if you start or stop taking such medication, as you may need a different dose of Risperidone
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