What is the dosage and how should it be used?
Risperidone comes as a tablet, a solution (liquid), and an orally disintegrating tablet to take by mouth.
It is usually taken once or twice a day with or without food.
Take risperidone exactly as directed by your doctor. Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor.
Use the dropper provided to measure your dose of risperidone oral solution. You can take the oral solution with water, orange juice, coffee, or low-fat milk. Do not take the solution with tea or cola.
To take the orally disintegrating tablet, use dry hands to separate one blister unit at the perforation. Peel back the foil and remove the tablet. Do not push the tablet through the foil. Immediately place the entire tablet on your tongue but do not chew it. The tablet will quickly dissolve and may be swallowed with or without water.
Additionally, your doctor will probably start you on a low dose of risperidone and gradually increase your dose every day for several days, and then not more than once every week.
Please note that risperidone controls schizophrenia but does not cure it. It may take several weeks or longer before you feel the full benefit of risperidone. Continue to take risperidone even if you feel well, and never take risperidone without first talking with your doctor. If you suddenly stop taking risperidone, your symptoms may return and your illness may become harder to treat.
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What storage conditions are needed for this medicine?
In case of an emergency/overdose