Compare Aristada Initio and Perseris to Other Injectable Antipsychotics

October 2018

You'll see a growing list of long-acting injectable antipsychotics.

The new Aristada Initio (air-ih-STAH-dah ih-NIH-shee-oh) is aripiprazole...Perseris (per-SAIR-is) is risperidone.

Think of Aristada Initio as a single loading dose. It's given with one oral aripiprazole dose...when starting IM Aristada every 4, 6, or 8 weeks.

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