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Aripiprazole Treatment Report
Brand Names:
Abilify
What is Aripiprazole? Aripiprazole is an antipsychotic used to treat the symptoms of schizophrenia. It is also used to treat episodes of mania or mixed episodes in people with bipolar disorder.
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Reasons taken
453 patients in the community are taking or have taken Aripiprazole.
Top 10 (Show all)
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 174 | 38% |
| Depression | 51 | 11% |
| Support another treatment | 39 | 8% |
| Other | 25 | 5% |
| mania | 20 | 4% |
| Bipolar Disorder | 10 | 2% |
| Anxiety | 8 | 1% |
| Major Depressive Disorder | 6 | 1% |
| Bipolar, rapid cycling | 6 | 1% |
| Depression, pain, paresthesia, migraines, buzzing and cold feet | 4 | <1% |
Other treatments patients are taking for Treat my mood condition(s) include Bupropion, Lamotrigine, and Venlafaxine.
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Aripiprazole or how long patients were taking Aripiprazole before stopping.
Currently Taking Aripiprazole
Stopped Taking Aripiprazole
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Side effects too severe | 68 | 57% |  |
| Did not seem to work | 38 | 32% | |
| Doctor's advice | 36 | 30% | |
| Other | 14 | 12% | |
| Expense | 13 | 11% | |
| Personal research | 4 | 3% | |
| Course of treatment ended | 3 | 3% | |
| Not indicated | 1 | 1% | |
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 114 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 32% | 19 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 29% | 17 |
| Slight | 14% | 8 |
| None | 8% | 5 |
| Can't tell | 17% | 10 |
Treat my mood condition(s)
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 19% | 22 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 25% | 29 |
| Mild | 27% | 31 |
| None | 28% | 32 |
Top reported side-effects include: Agitation, Insomnia, Anxiety
Summary results are based on 114 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 114)
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- mountabora
- Sex: F
- Depression: 0
- Emotional: 0
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 1
- Mania: 0
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Moderate
- 25 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
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by mountabora
May 08, 2008
- EfficacyNone
- Side-effectsSevere
- Treat my mood condition(s)
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2 helpful marks
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- Voo
- Sex: F
- Depression: 0
- Emotional: 0
- Compulsion: 2
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 2
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Moderate
- 31 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
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by Voo
Oct 02, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsModerate
- mania
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 08, 2009.