Why is Risperdal prescribed to children?
In January 2003, the medical journal, Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, reported that the number of children taking psychiatric drugs nationwide has more than doubled in the past decade. Risperdal is a favored prescription medication among child psychiatrists and the report re-ignited the debate of the inappropriate use of potentially dangerous medications like Risperdal for children. There has been very little research performed on how Risperdal side effects and similar atypical antipsychotic drugs affect children and therefore should be avoided.
