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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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Risperidone-induced skin rash in an elderly female
Mansi Shah, Sagar Karia, Heena Merchant, Nilesh Shah, Avinash de Sousa
Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Avinash de Sousa
Carmel, 18, St. Francis Road, Off SV Road, Santacruz (West), Mumbai - 400 054, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jgmh.jgmh_7_19
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Skin reactions have been reported with various antipsychotic drugs in scientific literature. It is important that clinicians be watchful of skin reactions in the elderly with antipsychotic medication, which can be an uncommon occurrence. It has been documented that the elderly are more prone to skin reactions with various forms of medication. We herewith report a case of skin reaction with risperidone in an elderly female patient.
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