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Mental Health (Expert Forum)
prescribing resperidol(risperidone) for OCD
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD) , bipolar disorder , dementia , electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) , learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) , panic , personality disorders, phobias , post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , schizophrenia , stress , transitions, and work problems.
prescribing resperidol(risperidone) for OCD
by yellow1, Apr 29, 2003 12:00AM
My mother has not found a medication that works for her OCD yet. She has dilusions of contamination and spends hundreds of dollars on antibacterial products and sprays to spray "her father off of herself and her things". Her doctor recently brought up the possibility of using resperidol (risperidone) with her Lexapro which she just started a week ago. What do you think of this? What is resperidol (risperidone) and how can it help her OCD? What are the side effects of this medication?
thank you.....
thank you.....
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Apr 30, 2003 12:00AM
, Apr 30, 2003 12:00AM
Resperdal is a new more powerful medication that is being prescribed more often for this, but talk to her doctor about the side effects, and how he or she is going to monitor. It is a powerful drug that you also have to be careful about using.
God bless.