he U.S. Food and Drug Administration has provided the patients of schizophrenia with an administration option for RISPERDAL(R) CONSTA(R) ([risperidone] Long-Acting Injection) by approving a new injection site, the deltoid muscle in the arm. RISPERDAL CONSTA was previously approved as a gluteal injection only. The indication was given on the basis of a study which showed that the gluteal and deltoid injections of RISPERDAL CONSTA were bioequivalent routes of administration. The new site is also safe and tolerable. The new packs of RISPERDAL CONSTA will now have two separate with the needle for deltoid injection being smaller gauge and shorter than the gluteal needle in length. RISPERDAL CONSTA is marketed in the U.S. by Janssen(R).