Risperidone

BNF:

4.2.2

Status:

Red, Green - after consultant/specialist initiation

Decision Date:

None

Comments

GREEN after consultant/specialist initiation: For psychosis, bipolar disorder (CG185), adjunct to antidepressant in unipolar depression (Decision date - October 2022)

RED: Depot injection

Red Drug Classifications

• 1: Requiring specialist assessment to enable patient selection, initiation and ongoing treating
• 2: Requiring long term on-going monitoring of efficacy by a specialist and not suitable for shared care
• 3: Requiring long term on-going monitoring of toxicity by a specialist (either because of difficulty in recognising side effects or high cost of investigations to identify toxicity)

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