| Title | Risperidone long-acting injections: successful alternative deltoid muscle injections for refractory schizophrenia. | | Author(s) | Saxena A, Grace J, Olympia JL, Trigoboff E, Watson T, Cushman S, Newcomer D | | Institution | Drs. Saxena, Grace, Olympia, and Trigoboff and Mr. Watson are from Buffalo Psychiatric Center in Buffalo, New York. | | Source | Psychiatry (Edgmont) 2008 Sep; 5(9):40-2. | | Abstract | Treatment-resistant paranoid schizophrenia is often addressed with long-term intramuscular preparations of conventional antipsychotics (haloperidol and fluphenazine), which can be associated with the development of painful, lumpy nodules at the injection site. In this article, we present a case example of a 58-year-old male patient with paranoid schizophrenia who was treated with risperidone long-acting injection given into the deltoid muscle instead of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved gluteal muscle injection site. Use of this agent in the deltoid muscle facilitated healing of the numerous painful lumpy nodules associated with prior trials of conventional long-acting injections. In addition, the patient's psychiatric outcome was improved relative to what had been observed with the previous agents. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 19727259 |
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