title: Risperidone therapy in two successive pregnancies.
abstract: There is very limited information available on the use of psychotropic drugs in consecutive pregnancies. The authors report a case of a woman with schizophrenia wherein risperidone was used successfully in two consecutive pregnancies. This is only the second known report in the existing literature in which atypical antipsychotic was used successfully in two successive pregnancies.
authors.affiliation: Neuropsychiatry and Headache Clinic, 10867 Pratap Nagar, Delhi 110007, India. dnmendhekar@vsnl.net
authors.forename: Dattatreya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mendhekar
authors.forename: Deep
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lohia
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D018967:Risperidone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D018967:Risperidone