Sentences with phrase «as risperidone»

Atypical antipsychotics include medications such as risperidone (Risperdal), olanzapine (Zyprexa), and quetiapine (Seroquel).

For example, antipsychotics such as risperidone (Risperdal) and aripiprazole (Abilify) are prescribed to children to treat irritability associated with autism.

Not exact matches

Clozapine, as well as other atypical antipsychotics are available, including risperidone, aripiprazole, olanzapine, quetiapine, and ziprasidone.

Such atypical antipsychotic medications as Clozaril (clozapine), Risperdal (risperidone) and Zyprexa (olanzapine), most of which were introduced in the 1990s, appear to ameliorate schizophrenia symptoms by affecting the function of neurotransmitters such as dopamine and serotonin, which relay chemical messages between neurons.

Risperidone, the first drug approved for children with autism and the most widely used, improves some behavior but can have severe side effects such as sleepiness and weight gain

Typical and atypical APMs were evaluated as two separate classes, as well as the most frequently used individual medications: aripiprazole, olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone and ziprasidone.

For instance, children in the augmented group did not seem to have as much trouble falling asleep, once the risperidone was added, Aman said.

Researchers linked the appetite - increasing effects of three such drugs — the so - called atypical antipsychotics clozapine (Clozaril), olanzapine (Zyprexa), and risperidone (Risperdal)-- to their capacity to neutralize the protein histamine, just as the antihistamine drugs that are used to treat allergies do.

The generic risperidone products will have the same safety warnings as Risperdal, including a boxed warning, cautioning that older patients with dementia - related psychosis treated with atypical anti-psychotic drugs are at increased risk of death, as compared with those taking placebo.

An article for the website the Daily Puppy publicizes risperidone, an antipsychotic used in humans for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, as an option for «improving your dog's behavior.»

A study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology in 2006 reported that risperidone, which is Risperdal's generic form, can strongly up the prolactin levels in adolescents, with gynecomastia as a possible side effect.

The main purpose of this study was to improve mood and behavior disorders in RTT patients with venlafaxine (SNRI), and compare the results with citalopram (SSRIs) during 6 - 8 weeks, to determine which drug offered greater efficacy and fewer side effects, as well as to compare them to risperidone, and to correlate cortisol levels in saliva with stress and drug response.