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<blockquote data-quote="marianna37" data-source="post: 262886" data-attributes="member: 5347"><p>Hi. Please ask that some preliminary lab work be done. My son was in the psychiatric hospital and the nurse called asking permission to start him on Risperdal. I asked about side effects and she said the usual stuff (dry mouth, nausea, etc) I gave my "OK". He took Risperdal for about 4 months and was having a lot of what we thought were side effects of this medication. (Thirst, fatigue, frequent urination) His psychiatrist was not monitoring blood levels or anything. Well, he went into a coma and when we got to the ER they said he was DKA (Diabetic Ketoacidosis) and his blood sugar was over 1100! He eventually recovered from the coma but he is now permanently a T1 Diabetic. Those using these medicines need to be closely monitoring blood glucose levels. FDA has known since 2000 and before that there is a risk for patients to develop diabetes or go into DKA. Also, difficult child started developing breasts and lactating. He was feeling just a little freaked out. I wish I had known more before we started on the medication. To see what I mean, just "google" Risperdal and Diabetes. It will make you pretty angry to see how Jaansan (the drug manufacturer) failed to warn doctors, and then minimized the warnings, until they were forced to admit what was going on from the damage being done. I know that people are all affected differently by medication. I just don't want any other family to go through what we have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="marianna37, post: 262886, member: 5347"] Hi. Please ask that some preliminary lab work be done. My son was in the psychiatric hospital and the nurse called asking permission to start him on Risperdal. I asked about side effects and she said the usual stuff (dry mouth, nausea, etc) I gave my "OK". He took Risperdal for about 4 months and was having a lot of what we thought were side effects of this medication. (Thirst, fatigue, frequent urination) His psychiatrist was not monitoring blood levels or anything. Well, he went into a coma and when we got to the ER they said he was DKA (Diabetic Ketoacidosis) and his blood sugar was over 1100! He eventually recovered from the coma but he is now permanently a T1 Diabetic. Those using these medicines need to be closely monitoring blood glucose levels. FDA has known since 2000 and before that there is a risk for patients to develop diabetes or go into DKA. Also, difficult child started developing breasts and lactating. He was feeling just a little freaked out. I wish I had known more before we started on the medication. To see what I mean, just "google" Risperdal and Diabetes. It will make you pretty angry to see how Jaansan (the drug manufacturer) failed to warn doctors, and then minimized the warnings, until they were forced to admit what was going on from the damage being done. I know that people are all affected differently by medication. I just don't want any other family to go through what we have. [/QUOTE]
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