Given that APS, including risperidone, have an impact primarily on the central nervous system, they should be used with caution in combination with other drugs of central action.
Risperidone enhances the effect of ethanol, narcotic analgesics, H1-histamine receptor blockers and benzodiazepines.
For the treatment with risperidone, benzodiazepines can be added if an additional sedative effect is required.
When therapy with a combination of risperidone with other APS, lithium, antidepressants, antiparkinsonics, drugs with a central anticholinergic effect increases the risk of developing tardive dyskinesia.
Risperidone has no effect on the clinical effect and pharmacokinetics of lithium, valproic acid, digoxin and topiramate, therefore, for such combinations, dose adjustment is not required.
Risperidone reduces the effectiveness of levodopa and other dopamine receptor agonists. A similar effect is possible with risperidone in combination with other inducers of microsomal liver enzymes such as barbiturates, rifampicin, phenytoin and St. John's wort. In this case, the dose of risperidone should be reviewed.
Do not prescribe the drug in conjunction with carbamazepine to patients with mania in bipolar affective disorder. When carbamazepine is used, the concentration of the active antipsychotic phase of risperidone in plasma is decreased.
Clozapine reduces the clearance of risperidone.
Phenothiazine derivatives, tricyclic antidepressants and some beta-blockers may increase the concentration of risperidone in plasma, but the concentration of the active antipsychotic phase does not change.
Quinidine, fluoxetine, paroxetine, terbinafine and other isoenzyme inhibitors CYP2D6 can increase the plasma concentration of risperidone and, to a lesser extent, the concentration of the active antipsychotic phase.
Cimetidine and ranitidine increase the concentration of risperidone in plasma, but the antipsychotic effect does not increase.
The simultaneous use of risperidone with furosemide in elderly patients with cerebrovascular dementia was associated with high mortality. The mechanism of such interaction has no clear explanation. It is necessary to evaluate the ratio of potential benefits and possible risks to these patients with simultaneous use of risperidone and diuretics, including furosemide.
Risperidone can increase blood pressure, reducing the effectiveness of phenoxybenzamine, labetalol and other alpha-blockers, reserpine, methyldopa and other antihypertensive agents of central action.
The lowering of AD effect of guanitidine is blocked by risperidone.
Attention and caution accompanying risperidone with medications that extend the interval QT, such as other APS, antiarrhythmic facilities IA and III classes, moxifloxacin, erythromycin, methadone, mefloquine, erythromycin, tricyclic antidepressants, lithium and cisapride.
It is necessary to be careful with the concomitant administration of risperidone with drugs that can cause disturbances in electrolyte metabolism, such as thiazide diuretics (hypokalemia). This combination increases the risk of developing a malignant arrhythmia.