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There have been 91 papers on risperidone in Korea, which were composed of 21 reviews, 9 preclinical studies, 18 case reports, and 43 clinical trials, since this new antipsychotic was...
Most informations on the efficacy and safety of new antipsychotic durgs are based on short-term clinical trials. Short-term studies are usually conducted as well-controlled, randomized, comparative studies. However, they do...
Although the establishment of appropriate dosage ranges and dose-up strategies for antipsychotic drugs has important ramifications for both short-term treatment and long-term therapeutic outcomes, difficulties in dosing persist. As a...
Pre-clinical study has been carried out to explore the pharmacology, mechanism of actions, and toxicology of candidate materials for the new therapeutic drugs, and the additional biological mechanisms of drugs...
Elderly patients with dementia, delirium, schizophrenia and other psychotic symptoms are appropriate candidates for antipsychotic treatment. Risperidone is one of the newer atypical antipsychotic agents, which block serotonin and dopamine...
The use of the antipsychotic drug, one of the most frequently prescribed drugs in child & adolescent psychiatry, has been limited because of the diverse serious side effects and questionable...
Bipolar disorders affect about 1-2.5% of the population. They are leading causes of disability and associated with significant health care costs. Antipsychotic medicaitons have a long history of use in...
Several double-blind comparative studies and two combined analysis of double-blind studies comparing the safety, tolerability and clinical efficacy of risperidone with those of haloperidol and other atypical antipsychotics were reviewed....
The authors have compiled the available references on the use of risperidone in 'non-psychotic conditions', not including schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. In addition, information was gathered on the mechanism of...
Since the introduction in 1996 of the novel antipsychotic risperidone in Korea, clinical experiences with this agent for the treatment of schizophrenia have been accumulated. This article attempts to review...