Article · Volume 5, Issue 4 · pp. 258–260
Risperidone‑induced mania: An emergent complication of treatment
Anjana Rao Kavoor1, Sayantanava Mitra1, Supriya Kumar Mondal2, Basudeb Das1
- 1Department of Psychiatry, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
- 2Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital, Berhampore, West Bengal, India.
Abstract
The occurrence of manic/hypomanic switch in patients being treated with risperidone has been reported by various authors, and they have described a variety of strategies for their management. In this report, we describe two cases of induction of elevated mood symptoms in patients treated with risperidone. We propose that the emergence of these symptoms may be a complication of treatment with this drug in susceptible individuals, of which the clinicians should be aware, mainly in those diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. We then discuss a few findings that might be useful in the management of such cases. We thereby also propose a mechanism for such an induction.
Keywords: Mania; risperidone; side‑effect
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