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For how long after first taking risperdal individuals with psychosis are good?
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Depends: It may take a few weeks or many months until you are better. It depends what dose you are taking and whether it is an effective dose or not. Hopefully your hallucinations or paranoid ideations will be noticeably less. You should have frequent follow up with your psychiatrist to check blood work and assess your symptoms.
Answered 8/4/2014
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Depends: Risperdal is a dopamine agonist, with onset of action within one hour, and metabolize to 9-hydroxyrisperidone, withhalf-life between 3 to 21 hours. It takes approximately 4-5 half-life for the medication to reach a steady state. Patient has acute psychosis, it may take up to 72 to 100 hours for the medication to reach desire therapeutic level. You should see improvement as short as 1 hour.
Answered 8/4/2014
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