Posted by med_empowered on December 5, 2005, at 6:54:16
In reply to Changing to Risperidone or Abilify, posted by ace on December 4, 2005, at 8:24:18
Id avoid Risperdal...as the atypicals go, its pretty rough. Abilify at low-doses is pretty tolerable (except for people who get that god-awful start up anxiety) and has surprisingly few side effects for an antipsychotic. But..then again..Risperdal is an older med, so there's more data on it. Abilify is exciting in part b/c its still so new. Still...I'd go with Abilify, starting at 5mgs or less and then titrating upwards; unless you're floridly psychotic, I'd max out at 10mgs/day or less.
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