Posted by SLS on September 24, 2005, at 8:19:54
In reply to Risperdal withdrawal, posted by walshingham on September 24, 2005, at 6:11:57
> Briefly took risperdal in the course of 10 days, gradually going up to 4.5 mg. Had infrequent but real finger, neck and facial spasms. Then cut off cold turkey, apparently doc did not seem to think tapering off is any use. 3 or 4 days after stopping it still have some spasms. Is that normal? I am very scared over tardive akinesia.
> Also taking 15mg Zyprexa per day.
Have you been taking Zyprexa the whole time?What are you being treated for?
If you are a slow metabolizer of Risperdal, its half-life can be up to one day long. That means that after only 3 days post-discontinuation from a dosage of 4.5mg, there is still a small amount of the stuff circulating in your blood stream. There is no real way to accelerate the process of excretion. However, if these movements persist for more than a week, I would start to dig deeper and perhaps even proceed to reduce the dosage of Zyprexa. You might do well with Seroquel in place of Risperdal.
- Scott
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