Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology
Case Report

Leg oedema due to low-dose risperidone during maintenance monotherapy of schizophrenia

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Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey

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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology 2018; 28: 104-106
DOI: 10.1080/24750573.2017.1379718
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Drug-related peripheral leg oedema is most commonly associated with steroids, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory, antihypertensives, and immunosuppressive agents. The second-generation antipsychotic risperidone is rarely associated with such oedematous complications. This adverse effect of risperidone occurs with a higher incidence in higher doses according to its dose-dependent nature. In this paper, a rare case of small maintenance dose risperidoneinduced peripheral leg oedema in a schizophrenia patient was reported.

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