Risperidone, a Drug to Treat Schizophrenia

Risperidone is one of the drugs of choice for the treatment of schizophrenia and psychoses. Let’s take a look at how it works, as well as its effects. Risperidone is an atypical antipsychotic or neuroleptic. It was introduced to the market in 1993. It treats both the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Compared with other drugs in its group, risperidone causes few adverse reactions. More particularly, it causes few extrapyramidal side effects. In fact, in the long term, risperidone improves symptoms caused by other typical neuroleptics. The uses of risperidone According to the patient information sheet, risperidone is suitable…