This work may not be copied, distributed, displayed, published, reproduced, transmitted, modified, posted, sold, licensed, or used for commercial purposes. By downloading this file, you are agreeing to the publisher’s Terms & Conditions.

Letter to the Editor

Injection Site Pain With Long-Acting Risperidone

Narsimha R. Pinninti, BS; and Rajnish Mago, MD

Published: May 15, 2005

Article Abstract

Because this piece has no abstract, we have provided for your benefit the first 3 sentences of the full text.’ ‹

Sir: In a recent report in the Journal,1 only 1 of 141 patientsin a 12-week multicenter trial of injectable long-acting risperidonecomplained of pain at the site of injection, which was mild.Pain at the injection site has been noted to be a problem withfirst-generation antipsychotics.2,3 The authors speculated thatthe water-based formulation of risperidone might account forthe low frequency of injection site pain. In a previous study,4patient ratings of pain on a visual analogue scale after injectionsof long-acting risperidone were similar to ratings of pain afterinjections of placebo after the first and sixth injections.’ ‹


Some JCP and PCC articles are available in PDF format only. Please click the PDF link at the top of this page to access the full text.

Volume: 66

Quick Links: Dementia , Neurologic and Neurocognitive