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''There are 2 switch possibities'':
'''Number 1 (the general approach):''' * '''Day 1:''': Switch to oral risperidone (or oral paliperidone): see this switch in the main cross table.* '''Day 1-29:''': Maintain on oral risperidone (or oral paliperidone) and examine the effects.* '''Day 30:''': stop oral risperidone (or oral paliperidone) and administer paliperidone-LA: see this switch in the main cross table.
Oral risperidone has better and more stable bioavailability properties than has oral 9-OH-risperidone=paliperidone. Food increases the absorption with 50-60% of the latter.
'''Number 2 (if a patient in the past reacted well on risperidon or paliperidone=9-OH-risperidone):'''