The study involved the evaluation of 107 children, aged 5 to 12 years old, with severe disruptive behaviors and lower IQs. Each of the children was given 0.02 to 0.06mg of risperidone a day.
Some of the most common side effects from the drug included mild to moderate sleepiness, headache, runny nose and weight gain.
Results of the study showed significant improvement of disruptive behavior problems after the first few weeks of the study and then continued improvement for the remainder of the study. Restlessness, muscle spasms and changes in cognitive function were not found to be common symptoms in the study.
Based on these findings, researchers recommended further studies to assess the effectiveness and safety of risperidone for more than a one-year period.
American Journal of Psychiatry April 2004;161(4):677-84
As I said in a past newsletter article, antipsychotic drugs have major problems and side effects. Four medical groups, including the American Psychiatric Association, have warned that the new drugs could increase a patient's risk of heart disease by increasing:
As I have said before, drugs are the easy answer and don’t offer much more of a solution than a Band-Aid to the symptoms.
The good news is that diet will resolve most of the behavior problems they are prescribing this unnecessary drug for. I have cared for hundreds if not thousands of these children and it is rare when dramatic, if not complete resolution of the behavioral symptoms occur with the diet recommendations.
Fortunately, if you are reading this, you or your loved ones do not need to be held captive to the ignorance (frequently arrogant ignorance) of the majority of physicians when it comes to managing this problem.
If you have a child, relative or neighbor who is on these medications, forward them this article using the "e-mail to a friend" feature in the upper right corner and have them try the nutrition plan.
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