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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.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Depression 10 1
Other 7 1
Bipolar, mixed episodes 5 0
General health 2 0
Anxiety 2 0
disease-related symptoms 1 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 33%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
2 67%

Most commonly reported side effects

Increased appetite
1 33%
Weight gain
1 33%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Aripiprazole. See all 11 dosages ►

  daily 0.75 mg daily 2 mg daily 5 mg daily 7.5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 9 Number of Patients: 9 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Aripiprazole (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
3 60% Side effects too severe: 60%
Did not seem to work
1 20% Did not seem to work: 20%
Expense
1 20% Expense: 20%
Doctor's advice
1 20% Doctor's advice: 20%

See all 5 patients who’ve stopped taking Aripiprazole

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Aripiprazole

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
1
3
4
3
4

Stopped Taking Aripiprazole

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
2
1
0
1

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
3 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 33%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
2 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 33%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 33%

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Report created on November 22, 2009.