Patients discuss their treatment options with their healthcare professional. As with all medications, it's important that Not all patients will be appropriate for the deltoid injection site.
The needle for deltoid injection is a smaller gauge and is shorter in length than the gluteal needle. The new RISPERDAL CONSTA dose packs will now include two separate (non-interchangeable) needles for injection and will be available to U.S. Both studies were presented earlier this year at the 161st Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in Washington, D.C., 2008.(1, 2) An additional study was conducted that showed the safety and tolerability of RISPERDAL CONSTA injected into the deltoid muscle were similar to the gluteal injections.
Showing that the deltoid and gluteal injections of RISPERDAL CONSTA were bioequivalent(a) routes of administration and thus interchangeable.
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Mohammed Bari, of Synergy Research Center in San Diego and one of the investigators in the trial.* "The fact that they will just have to roll up their sleeves and get the shot in their arm is going to be a big plus for many patients with schizophrenia." "For many patients, this injection site may be a good option, as it will provide them with a choice of where to receive their long-acting therapy," said Dr. RISPERDAL CONSTA was previously approved as a gluteal injection only. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new injection site, the deltoid muscle in the arm, for RISPERDAL CONSTA for the treatment of patients with schizophrenia. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Patients with schizophrenia now have a new administration option for RISPERDAL(R) CONSTA(R) ( Long-Acting Injection). TITUSVILLE, N.J., /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/.
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