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What Are The Effects Of Risperidone And Rivastigmine?

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Posted on Tue, 2 Feb 2016
Question: Our mother has Dementia and the doctor has her on Risperidone 1mg and Rivastigmine Cap 3mg. What is the effect of these drugs to our mother??
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Answered by Dr. Ajay Panwar (14 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Rivastigmine is for dementia and Risperidone is antipsychotic.

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.

Rivastigmine is for treatment of dementia and Risperidone is an antipsychotic drug which is used to treat some mental/behaviour changes associated with dementia.

You must be having some further details to ask.I shall be glad to have you in follow-up.

Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
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What Are The Effects Of Risperidone And Rivastigmine?

Brief Answer: Rivastigmine is for dementia and Risperidone is antipsychotic. Detailed Answer: Hi XXXX, Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com. I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query. Rivastigmine is for treatment of dementia and Risperidone is an antipsychotic drug which is used to treat some mental/behaviour changes associated with dementia. You must be having some further details to ask.I shall be glad to have you in follow-up. Regards Dr.Ajay Panwar, MD,DM(Neurology)