Dear sir, my mother is suffering from schizophrenia from 15 years, we are giving senorm la 50 mg from 6 years 1dose in 45 days but now reduced it to per month as per her requirement. I want to ask can we give her a dose in 20 days as she suffer from the disease even we are giving dose monthly? Is there any side effect? Any other suggestion from your side please.

Dr. Saranya DevanathanPsychiatrist48yrs exp

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Dear Varsha, It is nice of you to continue to treat your mother for many years. Schizophrenia is a lifelong disorder just like diabetes or high BP. So your mother needs lifelong treatment. Senorm LA is a better way to be sure that she takes the drug regularly. It usually acts for 2-4 weeks. You can NOT give as per requirement. If she develops any positive symptoms like hallucination or delusion, it is difficult to go with rehabilitation process (making her a useful person in family/society). If she requires senorm injection every 3 weeks, please continue it. Please don't go back to 4-6 weeks injection. There are many short term and long term side effects of senorm. Probably she does not have any short term side effects since she is taking it for 6 years. Long term side effects may come at any time. You need to consult the doctor every 2-3 months for assessment. Your mother may develop other medical illnesses in addition. If any long term side effects arise, she may be switched to newer long acting injections like Olanzapine LA. 2-4 weeks one or Paliperidone injection once in 3 months. 

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