Long-Acting Risperidone and Oral Antipsychotics in Unstable Schizophrenia
Rosenheck RA, Krystal JH, Lew R, Barnett PG, Fiore L, Valley D, Thwin SS, Vertrees JE, Liang MH. Long-Acting Risperidone and Oral Antipsychotics in Unstable Schizophrenia. New England Journal Of Medicine 2011, 364: 842-851. PMID: 21366475, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1005987.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjectable risperidoneOral antipsychoticsQuality of lifeSchizoaffective disorderPsychiatrist's choiceSecond-generation antipsychotic agentsMore adverse eventsMore extrapyramidal symptomsPrimary end pointNeurologic side effectsExtrapyramidal adverse effectsRate of hospitalizationVeterans Affairs systemSocial Performance ScaleAdverse eventsExtrapyramidal symptomsOral treatmentAntipsychotic agentsUnstable diseasePsychiatric symptomsHigh riskHospitalizationSide effectsPatientsPsychiatric hospital