72 patient evaluations for Aripiprazole

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Mar 1, 2015 (Started Mar 09, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for major depressive disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Increase effect of another treatment)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: I had to stop taking this because of the weight gain issue.
Cost: $25-49 monthly

Jul 1, 2010 (Started Mar 09, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for major depressive disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Increase effect of another treatment)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 5 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly

Jun 28, 2009 (Started Mar 09, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for major depressive disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Increase effect of another treatment)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 5 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: If offered, I would try it. It has helped change my life.
Cost: $25-49 monthly

  • 2 helpful marks

Jul 7, 2009 (Started Jun 15, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for psychosis disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for anxious mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (insomnia, restless feeling in legs, vivid dreams, restlessness (akathisia))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Side effects: restlessness (akathisia), restless feeling in legs, vivid dreams, insomnia

  • 1 helpful mark

Aug 18, 2009 (Started Jul 12, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (fatigue, elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 2.5 mg Daily
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 weaned down to 2.5 mg daily my blood sugars came down to normal but I spent a month on insulin.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia), fatigue

Jan 2, 2009 (Started Jul 12, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: unknown if severe fatigue caused by meds, combo of meds, fibro or both. No cost for me because I have Medicaid as a secondary insurance because I have no income while awaiting disability hearing
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia), fatigue

  • 1 helpful mark

Dec 17, 2009 (Started Oct 23, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (restless feeling in legs, vivid dreams, agitation, restlessness (akathisia))
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Advice & Tips: I had to be taken off of abilify, i had major side affects from it. so I'm off it now, the side affects we're very agitated, severe restlessness and heart beat irregilar..
Side effects: agitation, restless feeling in legs, vivid dreams, restlessness (akathisia)

  • 1 helpful mark

Dec 1, 2010 (Started Jan 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for bipolar disorder)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (involuntary movement in right foot, insomnia, involuntary movement, involuntary swallowing, bruiselike feeling under skin, unable to swallow need to eat soft foods and speech is affected)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: BE WARNED...I had no idea that the list of sideeffects posted were happening, until I was harrassed on a REGULAR basis be aquesed of doing "Tweaker "Drugs". Then I remembered to ask my meds doc about the( can't swallow feel like I'm going to die) tender moments that were offen shared at dinner time with my loved ones....Then all went fast, people came in and out of the office that day holding my wrist,watching me sit(and move) the funniest observation was the tall male Dr. that had to bend over at least three feet coming to a hault at my mouth, he then said excuse me as he put his ear too close to my lips and posed this Question(?)" can you even taste what your... tongue-in?", in there, mam? Really, seriously...pay attention to all that you are...meaning..yes you have a condition...and yes you take medication...and Yes you ARE in control of getting the complete story, because I left out the last informative bit that I just got myself..ALL of the side effects are looking tobe perminate, and with the more research that is being done to/for me...it may be fatal if not stopped..ASK...ASK..no matter how good you may feel right then in the long run, well take care!red13
Cost: < $25 monthly

  • 1 helpful mark

Feb 5, 2012 (Started Mar 03, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (tardive dyskinesia)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: It didn't make a huge improvement with my depression, but I was able to get things done here and there and hadn't really been able to before taking it. I had been taking it for a while and didn't at first associate the tremble in my neck as being side effects. But then I realized and stopped taking it, and the tremble has gradually subsided.
Cost: $100-199 monthly

Apr 3, 2010 (Started Mar 03, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 2 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Of negative effects, I have slight constipation. I also find I am more easily irritated. As for benefits, I can get a few things done most days. That's a huge change, really. Before this, I would get a single goal done in a day, or none. Seriously. So being able to do four is outstanding. And it makes me feel a better about myself.
Cost: $25-49 monthly

  • 1 helpful mark

Jul 6, 2016 (Started Aug 08, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 7.5 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

  • 1 helpful mark

Jan 25, 2019 (Started Nov 01, 2017)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for visual hallucinations)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for ruminating thoughts)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for hallucinations)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for auditory hallucinations)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (sluggishness, weight gain, difficulty waking up, muscle twitching (fasciculations))
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 5 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

May 23, 2018 (Started Nov 01, 2017)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for auditory hallucinations)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for hallucinations)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for ruminating thoughts)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for visual hallucinations)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (sluggishness, weight gain, difficulty waking up, muscle twitching (fasciculations))
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Nothing else to add.
Cost: < $25 monthly

  • 1 helpful mark

Jun 15, 2020 (Started Jan 01, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for schizophrenia)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for schizoaffective disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for psychosis disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for paranoid schizophrenia)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for borderline personality disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for bipolar disorder)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 15 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly

Apr 20, 2014 (Started Jan 01, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for bipolar disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for borderline personality disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for paranoid schizophrenia)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for psychosis disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for schizoaffective disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for schizophrenia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I stopped Abilify about 1.5 years ago. I can't tell the difference.
Cost: $25-49 monthly

Apr 13, 2014 (Started Jan 01, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for borderline personality disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for psychosis disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for schizoaffective disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for schizophrenia)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for bipolar disorder)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (muscle rigidity, stiffness in legs, restless feeling in legs, weight gain, decreased sex drive (libido))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly

Mar 19, 2014 (Started Jan 01, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for borderline personality disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for psychosis disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for schizoaffective disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for schizophrenia)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for bipolar disorder)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (muscle rigidity, stiffness in legs, restless feeling in legs, weight gain, decreased sex drive (libido))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly

Feb 25, 2014 (Started Jan 01, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for borderline personality disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for psychosis disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for schizoaffective disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for schizophrenia)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for bipolar disorder)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (muscle rigidity, stiffness in legs, restless feeling in legs, weight gain, decreased sex drive (libido))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly

Aug 29, 2012 (Started Jan 01, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for bipolar disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for schizophrenia)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for schizoaffective disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for borderline personality disorder)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly

  • 1 helpful mark

Sep 25, 2008 (Started Apr 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Other)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (restless feeling in legs, agitation)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I had a great reduction of both psychotic symptoms and bi-polar manic episodes, but Ryan White stopped covering it because of budget cuts and the expense of the drug.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: restless feeling in legs, agitation, agitation

  • 0 helpful marks
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