Audit on Prolactin Monitoring for Patients on Oral/Intramuscular Risperidone and Intramuscular Paliperidone
Aims: Risperidone is a commonly used antipsychotic drug in the LD population. One of its common side effects is hyperprolactinemia, which can cause a range of symptoms. Women may experience oligomenorrhoea, amenorrhoea, galactorrhoea (breast milk production), and decreased libido. Men may experience...
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| description | Aims: Risperidone is a commonly used antipsychotic drug in the LD population. One of its common side effects is hyperprolactinemia, which can cause a range of symptoms. Women may experience oligomenorrhoea, amenorrhoea, galactorrhoea (breast milk production), and decreased libido. Men may experience decreased libido, erectile dysfunction, gynaecomastia, infertility, decreased bone mass, and galactorrhoea. These symptoms may go unnoticed in the LD population and lead to behavioural changes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dd05e16936074bd0b3e11e37e6db9c382025-08-20T03:15:30ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242025-06-0111S282S28210.1192/bjo.2025.10684Audit on Prolactin Monitoring for Patients on Oral/Intramuscular Risperidone and Intramuscular PaliperidoneMeekha Suresh0CWP NHS Trust, Macclesfield, United KingdomAims: Risperidone is a commonly used antipsychotic drug in the LD population. One of its common side effects is hyperprolactinemia, which can cause a range of symptoms. Women may experience oligomenorrhoea, amenorrhoea, galactorrhoea (breast milk production), and decreased libido. Men may experience decreased libido, erectile dysfunction, gynaecomastia, infertility, decreased bone mass, and galactorrhoea. These symptoms may go unnoticed in the LD population and lead to behavioural changes.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425106844/type/journal_article |
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| title | Audit on Prolactin Monitoring for Patients on Oral/Intramuscular Risperidone and Intramuscular Paliperidone |
| title_full | Audit on Prolactin Monitoring for Patients on Oral/Intramuscular Risperidone and Intramuscular Paliperidone |
| title_fullStr | Audit on Prolactin Monitoring for Patients on Oral/Intramuscular Risperidone and Intramuscular Paliperidone |
| title_full_unstemmed | Audit on Prolactin Monitoring for Patients on Oral/Intramuscular Risperidone and Intramuscular Paliperidone |
| title_short | Audit on Prolactin Monitoring for Patients on Oral/Intramuscular Risperidone and Intramuscular Paliperidone |
| title_sort | audit on prolactin monitoring for patients on oral intramuscular risperidone and intramuscular paliperidone |
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