Dose-dependent acute excessive weight gain and metabolic changes in a drug-naive patient on risperidone are reversible with discontinuation: a case report

Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2007 Nov;64(5):715-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2007.02941.x. Epub 2007 May 17.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antipsychotic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antipsychotic Agents / adverse effects*
  • Antipsychotic Agents / metabolism
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Risperidone / administration & dosage
  • Risperidone / adverse effects*
  • Risperidone / metabolism
  • Schizophrenia / complications
  • Schizophrenia / diagnosis
  • Schizophrenia / drug therapy*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Weight Gain / drug effects*

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Risperidone