
DEADLY – Sudden Cardiac Arrest triggered by Risperidone (Risperdal)
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DEADLY - Sudden Cardiac Arrest triggered by Risperidone (Risperdal) √

Joseph S R de Saram (JSRDS)
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SIDE EFFECTS
The following are discussed in more detail in other sections of the labeling:
- Increased mortality in elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis [see BOXED WARNINGand WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS]
Cerebrovascular adverse events, including stroke, in elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS]
- Neuroleptic malignant syndrome [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS]
- Tardive dyskinesia [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS]
- Metabolic Changes (Hyperglycemia and diabetes mellitus, Dyslipidemia, and Weight Gain) [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS]
- Hyperprolactinemia [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS]
Orthostatic hypotension [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS]
- Leukopenia, neutropenia, and agranulocytosis [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS]
Potential for cognitive and motor impairment [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS]
Seizures [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS]
Dysphagia [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS]
- Priapism [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS]
Disruption of body temperature regulation [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS]
- Patients with Phenylketonuria [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS].
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Fatal Cardiac Event following Initiation of Risperidone Therapy
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/106002809703100712
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To describe a patient who developed fatal pulseless electrical activity following treatment with risperidone.
CASE SUMMARY:
A 34-year-old white woman with no history of cardiac disease was initiated on risperidone therapy for an acute exacerbation of chronic schizophrenia. The patient developed postural hypotension and the risperidone dosage was held at 2 mg bid. On day 5 of risperidone therapy, the patient developed cardiac arrest and was treated for pulseless electrical activity. Her electrocardiogram revealed a prolonged QRS interval of 160 msec and an abnormal QTc interval of 480 msec. Despite resuscitative efforts, the patient became asystolic and was pronounced dead.
DISCUSSION:
Adverse cardiac events are rarely associated with risperidone therapy. Prolongation of the QRS and QTc intervals have been reported to occur following two cases of presumed risperidone overdose and also in 8 of 380 patients in a double-blind study reported by the manufacturer. Although other possibilities exist, risperidone cannot be ruled out as the cause of this patient’s fatal episode of pulseless electrical activity.
CONCLUSIONS:
Prolongation of the QTc interval with severe adverse effects remains a possibility with the use of risperidone.
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Joseph S R de Saram (JSRDS)