title: Overdose of risperidone.
abstract: Risperidone is an investigational antipsychotic agent currently being tested in an international multicenter drug trial. We report the first case of a risperidone overdose in an apparent suicide attempt. This was without serious clinical side effects and manifested mainly as ECG abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico Medical Center, Albuquerque.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brenner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leffler
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Hamburg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000506:poisoning*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007555:Isoxazoles / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000506:poisoning*; D011041:Poisoning / Q000503:physiopathology; D018967:Risperidone; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D007555:Isoxazoles; D010880:Piperidines; D018967:Risperidone