Overdose of risperidone
โ Scribed by Ken Brown; Howard Levy; Cynthia Brenner; Stephen Leffler; Ellen L Hamburg
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 196 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6760
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โฆ Synopsis
Risperidone is an investigational antipsychotic agent currently being tested in an international mufticenter drug trial. We report the first case of a risperidone overdose in an apparent suicide attempt. This was without serious clinical side effects and manifested mainly as ECG abnormalities.
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