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What is Aripiprazole?

Aripiprazole is an antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and irritability associated with autism. Off label it has been used in children for aggression, conduct disorder, and Tourette syndrome; and psychosis/agitation related to Alzheimer's.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose	# of patients	# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Treat my mood condition(s)	252	103
Depressed mood	134	53
Bipolar Disorder	117	27
Increase effect of another treatment	85	34
Major Depressive Disorder	50	19
Mania	42	23

See all 85 reasons taken ▼

See all 660 patients currently taking Aripiprazole

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe	67
Moderate	72
Mild	68
None	90

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Aripiprazole

See all 135 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲
Weight gain	36	36
Insomnia	33	33
Agitation	30	30
Internal Restlessness (Akathisia)	29	29
Anxious mood	26	26
Restless feeling in legs	23	23
Increased appetite	22	22
Vivid dreams	17	17
Nightmares	13	13
Suicidal thoughts or urges	10	10
Drowsiness	9	9
Nausea	8	8
Restlessness	8	8
Fatigue	8	8
Elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia)	4	4
Sleepiness	4	4
Blurry vision	4	4
Tremor in hands	4	4
Dizziness	3	3
Tremors increased	3	3
Muscle twitching (fasciculations)	3	3
Weight loss	3	3
Jittery feeling	3	3
Dry mouth (xerostomia)	3	3
Sedation	3	3
Neck pain	3	3
Hospitalization	2	2
Muscle and joint pain	2	2
Depressed mood	2	2
Hiccups (hiccoughs)	2	2
Involuntary movement	2	2
Sexual dysfunction	2	2
Confusion	2	2
Tremor	2	2
Tiredness	2	2
Excessive sleeping (hypersomnia)	2	2
Bruxism (teeth grinding)	2	2
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)	2	2
Headaches	2	2
Brain fog	2	2
Light sensitivity (photophobia)	2	2
Increased ataxia	2	2
Sleep problems	2	2
Diarrhea	2	2
Eye Twitching	2	2
Swelling in ankle	1	1
Thirst	1	1
Daytime sedation	1	1
Paresthesia in lower extremeties	1	1
Pain in legs	1	1
Stiffness in neck	1	1
Hearing voices	1	1
unable to swallow need to eat soft foods and speech is affected	1	1
Stiffness in morning	1	1
Spaced out	1	1
Unrefreshing or poor sleep	1	1
Increased lipids in blood (hyperlipidemia)	1	1
happiness	1	1
Swelling of Eyelids	1	1
Dizziness upon moving	1	1
Pain worsened	1	1
Involuntary movement in right foot	1	1
Involuntary swallowing	1	1
Depression with anxiety	1	1
Loss of interest in life in general	1	1
pacing	1	1
Sleep disturbances	1	1
Increase in widespread pain	1	1
helped me sleep but woke up confussed	1	1
Tremor in mouth	1	1
Sudden mood swing from mania to depression with anxiety	1	1
Increased seizures	1	1
Manic crash, depression with suicidality, feel perturbed	1	1
Unhealthy appetite	1	1
Facial tremor	1	1
at first very sleepy not now though	1	1
Hallucinations	1	1
Twitching	1	1
Facial twitching	1	1
Galactorrhea	1	1
Site irritation	1	1
noise in head	1	1
Tired eyes	1	1
Excessive dry mouth (xerostomia) at night	1	1
Inability to stop tapping feet	1	1
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	1	1
Metabolic Syndrome	1	1
Esophagitis	1	1
Tardive dyskinesia	1	1
Compulsive Gambling	1	1
bad	1	1
Constipation	1	1
Pain	1	1
Excess saliva	1	1
Generalized weakness (asthenia)	1	1
Excessive yawning	1	1
Racing heart feeling	1	1
Bladder problems	1	1
Mood swings	1	1
Memory problems	1	1
Shortness of breath (dyspnea)	1	1
Cognitive Confusion	1	1
Urinary retention	1	1
Night sweats	1	1
Irritable and grouchy	1	1
Decreased appetite	1	1
Elevated blood pressure	1	1
Bruiselike feeling under skin	1	1
Stomach pain	1	1
Problems concentrating	1	1
Facial tics	1	1
Speech problems	1	1
Fever	1	1
Deadened emotions	1	1
Lethargy	1	1
Tremor in legs	1	1
Mania	1	1
Pain in shoulders	1	1
Difficulty falling asleep	1	1
Clumsiness	1	1
Difficulty waking up	1	1
Preoccupation with food	1	1
Muscle cramps	1	1
Vomiting	1	1
Inability to experience pleasure (anhedonia)	1	1
Feeling of disconnection	1	1
Fainting	1	1
Loss of energy	1	1
Jaw clenching	1	1
Heart rate increased	1	1
Paresthesia	1	1
Shakiness	1	1
Nervousness	1	1
Sensitivity to sun	1	1
Muscle rigidity	1	1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Aripiprazole. See all 27 dosages ►

1 mg daily	2 mg daily	2.5 mg daily	4 mg daily	5 mg daily	7.5 mg daily	10 mg daily	15 mg daily	20 mg daily	30 mg daily
10	102	14	11	172	14	155	67	51	60

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Aripiprazole (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe	149
Did not seem to work	99
Doctor's advice	71
Other	41
Expense	37
Course of treatment ended	21
Personal research	14
Change in health plan coverage	8
Not indicated	5

See all 287 patients who’ve stopped taking Aripiprazole

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼ Reported Duration Hide details ▲

Currently Taking Aripiprazole

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0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
2	15	20	33	58	131

Stopped Taking Aripiprazole

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0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
73	63	43	38	36	33

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Aripiprazole

Always	231	78%
Usually	50	17%
Sometimes	11	4%
Never	5	2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Aripiprazole

Very	26	9%
Somewhat	36	12%
A little	62	21%
Not at all	173	58%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Aripiprazole

$200+	18	9%
$100-199	11	6%
$50-99	31	16%
$25-49	36	18%
< $25	95	49%

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Patient Evaluations

See all 297 patient evaluations

mountabora

Sex: F

Depression: 0

Mania: 1

Emotional: 0

Anxiety: 0

Compulsion: 0

External Stress: Severe

27 F

Function: High

Distress: Low
mountabora

2 mg daily

since May 08, 2008
Efficacy None for Treat my mood condition(s)
Side Effects Severe
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NoFear

Sex: F

Pain: Some

Fatigue: Most

Sleep: Little

Stiffness: Most

function: None

external_stress: Some

Stickman: some
Description:F43y
FM:7y Dx
NoFear

5 mg daily

since Jun 28, 2009
Efficacy Major for Major Depressive Disorder
Side Effects None
Advice/Tips If offered, I would try it. It has helped change my life. See full evaluation

Wen

Sex: F

Pain: All

Fatigue: All

Sleep: Most

Stiffness: All

function: None

external_stress: All

Stickman: all
Description:F46y
FM:16y Dx
Wen

2.5 mg daily

since Aug 18, 2009
Efficacy Moderate for Major Depressive Disorder
Side Effects Severe
Advice/Tips watch for signs and symptoms of high blood sugar if you are diabetic. I am diabetic and my blood sugar was in the 300 range on a dosage of 7.5 mg daily. When... See full evaluation

See all 297 patient evaluations

Report created on February 11, 2012.

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