Bipolar disorder

People with bipolar mania may experience high levels of energy, unrealistic thoughts or ideas and reckless and/or impulsive behavior.

Of the more than three million Americans believed to suffer from ba href=/bipolar disorder/a/b, two-thirds are often under-diagnosed and under-treated, according to the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, the leading advocacy organization for people with mental illness.3 RISPERDAL® has been marketed in tablet form in the United States since 1994.

It is available as a standard, oral tablet in 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg, 1 mg, 2 mg, 3 mg and 4 mg doses; a quick-dissolving tablet (RISPERDAL® M-TAB®) in 0.5 mg, 1 mg and 2 mg doses (new 3 mg and 4 mg doses are now available); and an oral solution in a 1.0 mg/mL dose.

RISPERDAL® CONSTA® (risperidone) Long-Acting Injection is also available in 25 mg, 37.5 mg and 50 mg strengths, and is given by intramuscular injection every two weeks.

RISPERDAL® is indicated for the treatment of schizophrenia and for the short term treatment of bipolar mania in acute manic or mixed episodes of Bipolar I Disorder (manic depression).

As with all other psychotropic medications, RISPERDAL® is associated with side effects.

Elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis treated with atypical antipsychotic drugs are at an increased risk of death compared to placebo.

Neither RISPERDAL® or RISPERDAL® CONSTA® is approved for the treatment of patients with Dementia-Related Psychosis.

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