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Switching to quetiapine for risperidone-induced amenorrhea: Report of two cases
PK Pardal1, Raaj Konwar1, Jyoti Prakash2
1 Department of Psychiatry, SRMS Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Department of Psychiatry, AFMC, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
P K Pardal
Department of Psychiatry, SRMS Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly - 243 202, Uttar Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-6748.90348
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Almost all the antipsychotics can cause hyperprolactinemia-related side-effects like amenorrhea. Quetiapine has been reported to have minimal propensity to cause hyperprolactinemia. We report here two cases of risperidone-induced amenorrhea, who resumed their normal cycle on switching over the medication to quetiapine. |
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