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tigerindia — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:23:32 -0700

in case, someone wants to discuss anything at this forum,
then mail me at prianceu.pandey@coe.dce.edu , i have completed this course and will love to help anyone as much as i can

for psychiatry fans

suhari856 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:33:32 -0700

Here I want to mention two great books that are student-oriented :

Crash Course Psychiatry
Mosby Elsevier
by : Jonathan Birnkrant,
Andrea Carlsen

Deja Review Psychiatry
McGraw-Hill
by : Abilash Gopal
Alexander Ropper
Louis Tramontozzi III

Ciao,

Suhari Bunadi

Risperidone and its Alpha-blocking

suhari856 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:20:32 -0700

Alpha-adrenoceptor-blocking activity of risperidone can induce postural hypotension, especially during the outset of treatment. The risk and benefit of further treatment should be assessed if clinically relevant orthostatic hypotension persists.

Risperidone should be used with caution in patients with known cardiovascular disease including those associated with an increase in QTc intervals. As with other neuroleptics, caution is advised when prescribing with medications known to prolong the QT interval. if further sedation is needed, benzodiazepine should be administered rather than increasing the dose of risperidone.

As with other antipsychotics, patients should be advised of the potential weight gain.
Acute withdrawal symptoms, including nausea,vomiting, sweating, and insomnia have been described after abrupt cessation of antipsychotic drugs.

Recurrence of psychotic symptoms may also occur, and the emergence of involuntary movement disorders , such as akathisia, dystonia and dyskinesia, has been reported. Therefore gradual withdrawal is advisable.

Source :

Janssen-Cilag Product Info
ATC code : N05AX08
Risperdal Consta Intra Muscular

Bertram Katzung
Basic and Clinical Pharmacology

Kaplan and Sadock
Comprehensive textbook of psychiatry

Enjoy,

Suhari Bunadi

lets make this moribund forum active again

tigerindia — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:48:39 -0700

hi all,

lets make this forum active again.

other resources

tigerindia — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:44:14 -0700

some other resources i found helpful

1. Ars Digita University ,aduni.org

2. NPTEL, nptel.iitm.ac.in

3. Prof. Raj Jain on various networking topics
www.cs.wustl.edu/~jain/videos.htm

4. NJIT operating systems http://cpe.njit.edu/dlvideos/CS630/

5 webcasts berkeley webcast.berkeley.edu

thank you ,

if you know more resources please let others know.

other resources

tigerindia — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:42:37 -0700

other resources

tigerindia — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:42:10 -0700

other resources

tigerindia — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:40:58 -0700

other rsources

tigerindia — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:39:38 -0700

atypical neuroleptics : risperidone

suhari856 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:35:12 -0700

Risperidone is a (selective) monoaminergic antagonist with unique pharmacodynamics.
It has a high affinity for serotoninergic 5-HT2 and Dopaminergic D2 receptors. Risperidonee binds also to alpha1-adrenergic receptors, and, with lower affinity, to H1-histaminergic and alpha2-adrenergic receptor. Risperidone has no affinity for cholinergic receptors. Although Risperidone is a potent D2 antagonist, that is considered to improve the positive symptoms of schizophrenia, it causes less depression of motor activity and induction of catalepsy than classical neuroleptics. Balanced central serotonin and dopamine antagonism may reduce eextrapyramidal side effect liability and extend the therapeutic activity to the negative and affective symptoms of schizophrenia.

Risperidone is metabolized by CYP 2D6 to 9-hydroxy-risperidone, which has a similar pharmacological as risperidone. Risperidone plus 9-hydroxy-risperidone form the active antipsychotic fraction. Another metabolic pathway of risperidone is N-deakylation.

Source :
Bertram Katzung
Basic and Clinical Pharmacology

Kaplan and Sadock
Comprehensive textbook of psychiatry

Sincerely Yours,

Suhari Bunadi