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Is Risperidone An Equivalent Substitute For Convulex?

Hello,my name is IVAN VALENTINOV VALCHEV and I live in Bulgaria,Rousse,so I was prescribed by a psychiatrist that my dad brought home some pills.I don t know why he brought him home,but I will ask just for sure here as well for the medication pills he prescribed me.He prescribed me Ripolux and Convulex,but I was given instead of Ripolux Resperon(Risperidon) by my father.And he said that were the correct medication pills.So I was wandering if the prescribed pills and the ones I got are good?
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Hi

I understand your concern.

Treatments depend upon on diagnoses ad clinical profile of the patients.

Risperidone is anti psychotic and used to treat psychotic features.

Convulex is valporic acid and it used to treat mood disorder.

They both are not same but can be used in any of above mentioned disorder depend upon symptoms.

Mood disorder associated with psychotic feature then both the drugs are indicated.

So Trust your doctor and take proper treatment.

If you have query then directly ask him for better guidance.
Thank you.



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Is Risperidone An Equivalent Substitute For Convulex?

Hi I understand your concern. Treatments depend upon on diagnoses ad clinical profile of the patients. Risperidone is anti psychotic and used to treat psychotic features. Convulex is valporic acid and it used to treat mood disorder. They both are not same but can be used in any of above mentioned disorder depend upon symptoms. Mood disorder associated with psychotic feature then both the drugs are indicated. So Trust your doctor and take proper treatment. If you have query then directly ask him for better guidance. Thank you.