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New Drug Update 2009-2010 - LAFP

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Other warnings and precautions are typical for the class and include suicide risk, neuroleptic malignant<br />

syndrome, tardive dyskinesia, disruption of body temperature regulation, dysphagia, and the potential for<br />

cognitive and motor impairment.<br />

The safety and effectiveness of iloperidone have not been established in children.<br />

Iloperidone is in Pregnancy Category C. In animal models, iloperidone caused developmental toxicity but<br />

was not teratogenic. It should be used in pregnancy only if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk<br />

to the fetus.<br />

Iloperidone was excreted in milk of rats during lactation. It is not known whether iloperidone or its<br />

metabolites are excreted in human milk. It is recommended that women receiving iloperidone not breastfeed.<br />

Table 4. Contraindications, Warnings, and Precautions of the Benzisoxazole Antipsychotics<br />

Contraindications<br />

Iloperidone Paliperidone Risperidone Ziprasidone<br />

Hypersensitivity X X X X<br />

QT prolongation<br />

Black Box Warnings<br />

Increased mortality<br />

in elderly patients<br />

with dementiarelated<br />

psychoses<br />

Warnings and Precautions<br />

Cerebrovascular<br />

events in elderly<br />

patients with<br />

dementia- related<br />

psychoses<br />

X X X X<br />

X X X X<br />

QT prolongation X X X<br />

Neuroleptic<br />

malignant<br />

syndrome<br />

X X X X<br />

Tardive dyskinesia X X X X<br />

Hyperglycemia/<br />

diabetes mellitus<br />

Weight gain<br />

X X X X<br />

X<br />

Seizures X X X X<br />

Orthostatic<br />

hypotension<br />

X X X X<br />

Hyperprolactinemia X X X X<br />

Body temperature<br />

regulation<br />

X X X X<br />

Dysphagia X X X X<br />

Suicide X X X X<br />

X<br />

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