Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9015184 | Pharmacological Research | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The effect of fluvoxamine on plasma concentrations of risperidone and its active metabolite 9-hydroxyrisperidone (9-OH-risperidone) was investigated in 11 schizophrenic patients with prevailingly negative or depressive symptoms. Additional fluvoxamine, at the dose of 100Â mg/day, was administered for 4 weeks to patients stabilized on risperidone (3-6Â mg/day). Mean plasma concentrations of risperidone, 9-OH-risperidone and the active moiety (sum of the concentrations of risperidone and 9-OH-risperidone) were not significantly modified following co-administration with fluvoxamine. After 4 weeks, fluvoxamine dosage was increased to 200Â mg/day in five patients and then maintained until the end of week 8. At final evaluation, mean plasma levels of risperidone active moiety were not modified in the six patients who were still receiving the initial fluvoxamine dose, while concentrations increased slightly but significantly (by a mean 26% over pretreatment; PÂ <Â 0.05) in the subgroup of five subjects treated with a final dose of 200Â mg/day. Fluvoxamine co-administration with risperidone was well tolerated and no patient developed extrapyramidal side effects. These findings indicate that fluvoxamine at dosages up to 100Â mg/day is not associated with clinically significant changes in plasma risperidone concentrations. However, higher doses of fluvoxamine may elevate plasma risperidone levels, presumably as a result of a dose-dependent inhibitory effect of fluvoxamine on CYP2D6-and/or CYP3A4-mediated 9-hydroxylation of risperidone.
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Authors
Concetta D'Arrigo, Gaetana Migliardi, Vincenza Santoro, Letterio Morgante, Maria Rosaria Muscatello, Maria Ancione, Edoardo Spina,