Aripiprazole : Before Using

Aripiprazole - Systemic

Brand Names

Abilify Aripiprazole *** Before Using *** How to Use *** Fore Safe Use *** Side Effects

Before Using

In deciding to use a drug, the problems of uses this drugs must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your healthcare professional will make. For aripiprazole, the following must be considered

Allergic reaction

Tell your healthcare professional if you have ever had any unusual or allergy to aripiprazole. Also tell your healthcare professional and pharmacist if you are allergic to any other substances, such as foods, preservatives, or dyes.

Pregnancy care

Studies with aripiprazole have not been done in pregnant women. Some unwanted effects have been reported in animal studies, but the risk to human babies is not clear. Before taking this drug, make sure your healthcare professional knows if you are pregnant or if you may become pregnant.

Breast-feeding problem

It is not known whether aripiprazole passes into human breast milk. This drug does pass into the milk of rats. Aripiprazole is not recommended during breast-feeding, because it may cause unwanted effects in nursing babies.

Use for Children

Studies on this drug have only been done in adult diseaseds and there is no special info comparing the use of aripiprazole in child with use in other age groups.

Elderly care

Many medication have not been studied specifically in elderly people. Therefore, it may not be known whether they work exactly the same way they do in adults people or if they cause various side effects or problems in elderly people. There is no special info comparing the use of aripiprazole in the elderly with use in other age groups. Older diseaseds with swallowing problems may be at risk for side effects.

Drug interactions

Although certain medication must not be using together at all, in other cases two various medication may be using together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your healthcare professional may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are taking aripiprazole, it is especially important that your healthcare professional and pharmacist know if you are using any of the following:

Alcohol May increase the side effects of aripiprazole

Antihypertensive medications with alpha₁ -adrenergic receptor antagonism - Doxazosin " Cardura ", Prazosin " Minipress ", Terazosin " Hytrin " These medication may increase the risk of hypotension - unusually low blood pressure

Carbamazepine - Tegretol
Other agents that induce CYP3A4 These medication may cause there to be less aripiprazole in your body

Central nervous system - CNS stimulation - medication that wake you up
Central nervous system - CNS depression - medication that cause drowsiness Using these medication at the same time as aripiprazole must be done with caution and may increase side effects of aripiprazole

CYP3A4 inhibitors such as
Itraconazole - Sporanox
Ketoconazole - Nizoral These medication may cause increased blood levels of aripiprazole

CYP2D6 inhibitors including
Fluoxetine - Prozac
Paroxetine - Paxil
Quinidine - Quinaglute These medication may cause increased blood levels of aripiprazole

Medications with anticholinergic activity - medication using to dry up a runny nose, some medication for depression, or some medication for abdominal or stomach spasms or cramps These medication may cause your body temperature to rise - heat stroke.

Other Information for using

The presence of other medical problems may effect the use of aripiprazole. Make sure you tell your healthcare professional if you have any other medical problems, especially:

Alcohol or drug abuse or dependence, history of This drug may make these conditions worse

Alzheimer's dementia
Conditions that lower the seizure threshold
Seizures, history of Seizures may increase

Aspiration pneumonia, risk or history of may increase risk of adverse events

Blood Vessel disease
Conduction abnormalities
Dehydration
Heart disease
Heart failure
Hypovolemia - decrease in the volume of blood
Ischemic heart disease, history of
Myocardial Infarction - heart attack, history of The risk of hypotension - abnormally low blood pressure is increased

Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome - NMS, history of May cause condition to worsen