I would like to ask you some questions about drugs :
What’s the main differences between paliperidone and risperidone ?
I mean, what should I expect if I switch to paliperidone instead of risperidone ? (I’m schizoaffective.)
Second question : you on english-speakers forum are discussing a lot about sarcosine and other supplements.
What are the risks and the good things that can happen to me if I take sarcosine or other kind of supplements ?
I’m afraid to fall into manic or to get physical illness.
I mean, I really appreciate my “mental stability” but I would like to feel less negative symptoms…
I would like to be a more creative person again.
They’re similar meds but ppl say paliperidone is less sedating. Both raise prolactine. I am on 4mg Risperdal. Sarcosine just gave me headaches and didn’t help negative symptoms.
I was on invega for more than a year. It worked well, but I would have involuntary muscle movements. Almost two years into taking the medication, I started getting some symptoms. I tried another drug, but it didn’t work well. Now I’m on clopixol, it’s a first generation anti-psychotic and works great, no symptoms at all. The only downsides are that I have to get the injection every two weeks, which is pretty short, and that I sleep more than twelve hours since it sedates me so much, especially in the first few days after getting the injection. Still recommend clopixol, but invega was good while it lasted.
Risperidone is more effective for positive symptoms than paliperidone. [1]
Risperidone is good for cognition as well [2] Both risperidone and paliperidone have bad EPS and prolactin side effects. [3] Both risperidone and paliperidone can cause weight gain [3]
Both risperidone and paliperidone have risk of increasing ocd symptoms.
Thank you very much all.
So you told me that finally there’s no decisive benefit to switch to paliperidone…
I just should listen to my pdoc.
She told me both are almost equal.
