Why IS RISPERIDONE MORE PRESCRIBED THAN INVEGA

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@jga you don’t know the level of someone’s illness. Nor are you an expert on all the drugs. None of us here are. Please refrain from such comments.

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I said maybe i dont understand why you angry i didnt do anything wrong

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I’m far from angry.

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So what is your issue? You want to be on invega and your doctor won’t prescribe it or what?

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The best way to ruin someone future especially if he is living in a third world country is to give him bad drugs for schizophrenia thats what i am not understanding why people dont have awareness or nowhere on the internet i can find which drug is the best is invega better than risperdal please someone tell me

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Invega is expensive. People in 3rd world countries cannot afford it.

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I have always heard that Invega is similar to risperdal(the name brand for risperidone) . But the best shot you have of really getting this answered is to consult doctors on this.

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If you have wasta in lebanon here you can get it for 184 bank dollars or 480 dollars if you money in the bank is in lebanese pounds so yes i can still afford it

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None of us are experts in all meds. We have our own experiences to draw off but you need a doctor to really answer questions about efficacy and side effects.

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I personally could not stand how Invega made me feel so I switched to abilify.

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First post. I’ve been on both. First risperdal consta for 3 years. Now invega trinza for 2. I’ve experienced much less jaw clenching with invega, but more dystonia of eyes with invega. Now I take benztropine for dystonia. The main reason I switched was because missing work once every 3 weeks for risperidone shot was no longer an option. So I asked my doc and progressed to 3 month trinza. As far as the MOA, paliperidone is a downstream metabolite of risperidone. They work much the same way in my experience. That being said I prefer invega.

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Welcome to the forum @Unplugged . Nice first post.

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Thank you. I’ve been a visitor for a few months but figured maybe I could do some good by posting

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Risperdal is prescribed more because it’s usually more effective than invega and it’s cheaper.

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And for some of us, Invega is an awful drug. I am not exaggerating when I say it ruined my life. I am picking up the pieces now.

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Well paliperidone didn’t work for me but risperidone did so…

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I did okay on invega, but it was Haldol and Topamax that ruined my life. I had a bad reaction to Clozaril (a short lived experiment) because I was on several other meds (high doses) at the same time and had to go to ICU for NMS (neuro-leptic malignant syndrome). I recovered a bit.

I think risperidone is just known or been around longer and is CHEAP basically and well available and well known, basically.

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I refused to take olanzapine because of the extra risk of diabetes and obesity. I’m already high risk.

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I can’t take topamax. Get very angry and aggressive. I lost it and slapped my husband.

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I got extremely paranoid but got less dp/dr out of it. I started getting delusional paranoia and stuff like off the wall, checking outlets for cameras and listening devices and stuff. That was years ago. I got the micro-chip delusion back then from it…