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Long-term treatment of chronic schizophrenia with risperidone: a study with plasma levels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

M.C. Mauri ,
V. Laini ,
L. Boscati ,
R. Rudelli ,
V. Salvi ,
R. Orlandi  and
P. Papa
M.C. Mauri*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychiatry, Clinical Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, University of Milan, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore, Via F. Sforza35, 20122Milan, Italy
V. Laini
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychiatry, Clinical Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, University of Milan, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore, Via F. Sforza35, 20122Milan, Italy
L. Boscati
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychiatry, Clinical Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, University of Milan, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore, Via F. Sforza35, 20122Milan, Italy
R. Rudelli
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychiatry, Clinical Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, University of Milan, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore, Via F. Sforza35, 20122Milan, Italy
V. Salvi
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychiatry, Clinical Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, University of Milan, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore, Via F. Sforza35, 20122Milan, Italy
R. Orlandi
Affiliation:
Department of Toxicology, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy
P. Papa
Affiliation:
Department of Toxicology, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy
*
*Correspondence and reprints. E-mail address: [email protected] (M.C. Mauri).
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Abstract

Twenty-four chronic schizophrenic outpatients with a mean age of 37.21 years ± 9.96 SD were treated with risperidone (RSP) at the dosage of 2–9 mg/die (mean 4.46 mg/die ± 1.30 SD, mean 0.06 mg/kg ± 0.01 SD) for a year.

Clinical evaluation was assessed with the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), Positive and Negative Symptoms Scale (PANSS), Extrapyramidal Side Effects Rating Scale (EPSE) and a checklist for Anticholinergic Side Effects (ACS) at T0, then after 1 (T1), 2 (T2), 3 (T3), 6 (T6), 9 (T9) and 12 (T12) months. RSP and 9-hydroxy-risperidone (9OH-RSP) plasma levels were determined at T12 by the HPLC method. BPRS and PANSS mean values showed a significant improvement during the study. No correlation between RSP dosage (mg/kg) and RSP, 9OH-RSP plasma levels or active moiety resulted. A positive correlation between age and active moiety was observed. A positive correlation between RSP and 9OH-RSP plasma levels was observed. A curvilinear relationship between active moiety and PANSS improvement (%) was observed. Patients with the higher PANSS amelioration showed RSP + 9OH-RSP plasma levels ranging from 15 to 30 ng/mL. RSP seems to be quite an effective drug. It seems, however, difficult to devise appropriate dose schedules and plasma level determination seems to be necessary in some cases.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 57 - 63
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Copyright © Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS.

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