Risperidone Used To Treat Depression
Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson has issued a recall for lots of the antipsychotic medication Risperdal and its generic equivalent risperidone because of a bad odor reported in some of the tablets. The odor may be due to a chemical preservative called TBA that is used to treat the wooden pallets on which the drugs are shipped. About 16,000 bottles of the 3 mg Risperdal tablets that were shipped between last August and February are affected in the recall. Also included are about 24,000 bottles of...
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