Antipsychotic switching

Risperdal Consta is a long-acting injectable antipsychotic, a type of antipsychotic that may be considered for antipsychotic switching if a patient is nonadherent to taking their antipsychotic medicine by mouth every day.

Antipsychotic switching refers to the process of switching out one antipsychotic for another antipsychotic. There are multiple indications for switching antipsychotics, including inadequate efficacy and drug intolerance. There are several strategies that have been theorized for antipsychotic switching, based upon the timing of discontinuation and tapering of the original antipsychotic and the timing of initiation and titration of the new antipsychotic. Major adverse effects from antipsychotic switching may include supersensitivity syndromes, withdrawal, and rebound syndromes.