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Long-Acting Injected Antipsychotics Help People With Schizophrenia Stay Out of Hospital

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 31, 2024 – For people with schizophrenia hospitalized after a psychotic episode, getting a long-acting antipsychotic injection works far better than pills to keep them from returning...

FDA Approves Perseris (risperidone) for Extended-Release Injectable Suspension for the Treatment of Schizophrenia in Adults

SLOUGH, England and RICHMOND, Va., July 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ – Indivior PLC (LON: INDV) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Perseris, the first...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Risperdal (risperidone) and Risperidone: Recall - Uncharacteristic Odor

ISSUE: Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals notified healthcare professionals and the public of a recall of specific lots of Risperdal (risperidone) 3mg  tablets and risperidone 2mg tablets. The ...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Risperidone (Risperdal) and Ropinirole (Requip): Medication Errors - Name Confusion

ISSUE: FDA notified healthcare professionals and the public of medication error reports in which patients were given risperidone (Risperdal) instead of ropinirole (Requip) and vice versa. In some...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Risperdal (risperidone) - Aug 4, 2004

FDA and Janssen revised the WARNINGS section of labeling, describing the increased risk of hyperglycemia and diabetes in patients taking Risperdal. MedWatch is posting a revised version of a letter...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Risperdal (risperidone) - Apr 25, 2003

Janssen Pharmaceutica and FDA revised the WARNINGS section of the prescribing information for Risperdal (risperidone), indicated for the treatment of schizophrenia. Cerebrovascular adverse events...

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