title: Pharmacological profile of risperidone.
abstract: The pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of risperidone, an important atypical antipsychotic drug with potent serotonin-5-HT2 and dopamine-D2 receptor blocking effects, are presented. The pharmacology of atypical versus typical antipsychotic drugs is discussed in the contest of a pathophysiological conceptualization for schizophrenia which incorporates a parkinsonian model with an important role for serotonin and excitatory amino acid neurotransmission. In the normal therapeutic dose range, risperidone displays dose-linear pharmacokinetics in humans and reaches steady-state within 24 hours. Risperidone metabolism yields a active metabolite, 9-OH-risperidone, that has a similar pharmacological profile to the patient compound and therefore contributes to the clinical efficacy of the drug.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Austin.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ereshefsky
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lacombe
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006801:Humans; D007555:Isoxazoles / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate / Q000502:physiology; D010880:Piperidines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D018967:Risperidone; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D007555:Isoxazoles; D010880:Piperidines; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D006220:Haloperidol; D018967:Risperidone