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curiouscat
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Posted - 06/20/2006 : 07:37:28

In 2004, the Committee for the Safety of Medicines (CSM) in the UK issued a warning that risperidone and another atypical antipsychotic, olanzapine, should not be given to elderly patients with dementia, because of an increased risk of cerebrovascular adverse events including stroke.

A study in the June 2006 edition of the journal Pharmacotherapy has highlighted a possible link between risperdone and pituitary tumors. The study examined the FDA's Adverse Event Reporting System database and found 77 pituitary tumors associated with antipsychotics. Of these, risperidone was associated with 54 (70%). One co-author cautioned that "Our findings do not prove a causal relationship between antipsychotic medications and pituitary tumors" and "atypical antipsychotics are lifesaving medications for a lot of people. By no means are we advocating that people stop using them, especially risperidone".

curiouscat
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Posted - 06/20/2006 : 17:48:00

would just like to know if its true. im not really worrying about tumors or strokes in my old age(im only 38 nowhere near old age yet) or any of that yet and whether its true or not i intend to give the risperidone (risperdal) a chance to help me. I dont intend to quit it even if its true and certainly not if its false. If i was to quit it it would only be because i wasnt getting well with it and was trying a different med at the drs approval or because id been well awhile and the dr thought it was time to see if i could do without the meds because right now im acutely aware i need meds to keep from getting worse and becoming a non functioning human being.

ttaurean30
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Posted - 09/24/2008 : 16:16:40

quote:
Originally posted by curiouscat

would just like to know if its true. im not really worrying about tumors or strokes in my old age(im only 38 nowhere near old age yet) or any of that yet and whether its true or not i intend to give the risperidone (risperdal) a chance to help me. I dont intend to quit it even if its true and certainly not if its false. If i was to quit it it would only be because i wasnt getting well with it and was trying a different med at the drs approval or because id been well awhile and the dr thought it was time to see if i could do without the meds because right now im acutely aware i need meds to keep from getting worse and becoming a non functioning human being.

Im only 38 as well but, I would still like to know if its true.

warbird
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