Comparing Clozapine vs Risperidone
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Prescription only
Prescribed for Schizophrenia. May also be prescribed off label for Borderline Personality Disorder, Paranoid Disorder. |
Prescription only
Risperidone is an antipsychotic that relieves psychotic symptoms in people with schizophrenia or mania and is also used in the treatment of autistic disorder. Side effects are less likely at lower... View more |
Related suggestions Borderline Personality Disorder
Paranoid Disorder
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| More about Clozapine | More about Risperidone | ||||||||||||||||
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Clozapine has an average rating of 7.7 out of 10 from a total of 74 ratings on Drugs.com. 72% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 19% reported a negative effect. |
Risperidone has an average rating of 5.4 out of 10 from a total of 715 ratings on Drugs.com. 39% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 38% reported a negative effect. |
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Commonly reported side effects include:
See also: clozapine side effects in more detail. |
Commonly reported side effects include:
See also: risperidone side effects in more detail. |
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View all clozapine prices |
View all risperidone prices |
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| Clopine, Clozapine Synthon, Clozaril, Denzapine, FazaClo, Versacloz | Perseris, Risperdal, Risperdal Consta, Rykindo, Uzedy | ||||||||||||||||
| Half Life The half-life of a drug is the time taken for the plasma concentration of a drug to reduce to half its original value. | |||||||||||||||||
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10.3 hours |
24 hours |
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| CSA Schedule ** View glossary of terms | |||||||||||||||||
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Not a controlled drug
Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act. |
Not a controlled drug
Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act. |
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Category B
No proven risk in humans
See the full pregnancy warnings document. |
Category C
Risk cannot be ruled out
See the full pregnancy warnings document. |
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A total of 881 drugs are known to interact with clozapine:
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A total of 660 drugs are known to interact with risperidone:
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September 26, 1989 |
December 29, 1993 |
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N/A |
N/A |
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** The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) schedule information displayed applies to substances regulated under federal law. There may be variations in CSA schedules between individual states.
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