Risperidon belongs to the group of medications known as antipsychotic agents.
Risperidon is used to treat the following:
• schizophrenia – where you may see, hear or feel things that are not there, believe things that are not true or feel unusually suspicious, or confused
• mania – where you may feel very excited, elated, agitated, enthusiastic or hyperactive; mania occurs in an illness called “bipolar disorder”
• short-term treatment (up to 6 weeks) of long-term aggression in people with Alzheimer’s dementia, who harm themselves or others; alternative (non-drug) treatments should have been used previously
• short-term treatment (up to 6 weeks) of long-term, aggression in intellectually disabled children (at least 5 years of age) and adolescents with conduct disorder.
Risperidon can help alleviate the symptoms of your disease and stop your symptoms from coming back.