Complete dosing information for PALIPERIDONE PALMITATE
Medical guidance required: Dosing information here is for educational purposes. Your healthcare provider will determine the appropriate dose based on your specific condition, kidney function, other medications, and medical history. Never adjust your dose without consulting your doctor or pharmacist.
2 DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION For intramuscular injection only. ( 2.1 ) Each injection must be administered only by a healthcare professional. ( 2.1 ) For deltoid injection, use 1-inch 23G needle for patients weighing less than 90 kg or 1½-inch 22G needle for patients weighing 90 kg or more. For gluteal injection, use 1½-inch 22G needle regardless of patient weight. ( 2.1 ) Indication Initiation Dosing (deltoid) Monthly Maintenance Dose Administered 5 weeks after the first injection. (deltoid or gluteal) Maximum Monthly Dose Day 1 Day 8 Schizophrenia ( 2.2 ) 234 mg 156 mg 39–234 mg The recommended maintenance dose for treatment of schizophrenia is 117 mg. Some patients may benefit from lower or higher maintenance doses within the additional available strengths (39 mg, 78 mg, 156 mg, and 234 mg). 234 mg Schizoaffective disorder ( 2.2 ) 234 mg 156 mg 78–234 mg Adjust dose based on tolerability and/or efficacy using available strengths. The 39 mg strength was not studied in the long-term sc