Abilify medication
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Q: What side effects have you noticed while taking the medication Abilify?
A: My heart rate werid, so i had to go on a heart medication to slow it down. I went of it, I got dizzy alot to and headaches. I hope this helped. hang in there
Q: Why does the new atypical antipsychotic medication Abilify cost so much?
The reason I’m asking this question is because I just recently filled my prescription for this medication and it on the package that I saved $325.00. I only got 30 5 mg tablets. So, that means that the average price of one tablet cost around $10.75. I think that is crazy.
A: Of course it is. But it is a new drug, developed by a company, and they get patent right protections on the chemical make up for 17 years. During this time, they gouge anyone one who has it prescribed. Docs don’t care about the cost — they aren’t paying for it. And they are usually informed about new drugs by the drug reps who stop by their offices on a regular basis. Some companies re-imburse a doc for prescribing their drug….Other older, off patent meds often work just as well. You might wish to have another talk with your doc.
Q: Can a seizure be caused by abilify medication?
Thank you and God bless all
A: yes it can
Q: Is my 11 year old grandson safe in taking the medication called Abilify?
He has ADHD and his doctor prescribed this medication. However, when I checked this medication out on the net, it says it has never been tried for children under 18. Is it safe and his mg is 5. It has can even cause death, convulsions, etc. Please help before I start this med on
Sunday October 8, 2006. Thanks!
A: I have very mixed views about this medication. I was on it last year for bi-polar and it made me so ill. I had nausea, vomiting, mouth ulcers, skin rashes, muscular twitching and aching, headaches, blurred vision and palpitations. The Doctors told me the side effects would subside, but they didn’t. Eventually I felt so ill and fatigued I took myself off it. Also at the time that it was prescribed it had not been licensed in this country. I don’t know whether this is still the case. It is, in my opinion a really powerful drug, and the long term effects of it are still not known. Personally I would air on the side of caution. I know everybody has their own individual reactions to medications but, for an 11 year old I just think it is too young. My body couldn’t handle it I am 32. Maybe you could show the Doctor the information that you have found on the net and tell him your concerns. There are certainly lots of other medications out there that do the same thing, with half of the side effects. I think your child has enough to deal with, without feeling unwell on a daily basis. I wish you luck. P.S One thing I will say is don’t be too fearful of the list of dangerous side effects as they are really rare, but by law they have to inform the patient.
Q: has anyone taken the medication ABILIFY?
I am starting on it tonight, taking Zoloft in the morning…….any bad side effects I should know about with Abilify?
A: nope. Both my sons take this medicine and neither would go off it if given a choice. It has done wonders for both. Give it a try, neoither of the sons has had any side effects.
Q: What are the effects of bi-polar medication (ex: Abilify) on someone who has been misdiagnosed with bi-polar?
A: it depend’s on how long have they been on that medication?
Q: Question about the medication Abilify?
Im just wondering if anyone on yahoo answers has ever had any bad side effects of the medication Abilify. It makes me sooo crazy its insane. I have decided to stop this medication without my doctors permission because i was acting like a completely different person on this medicine. Have you ever had a bad reaction to it? And also is this common in this medication?
A: I my self have not taken it, but I have seen quite a few people that have and makes them very edgy gives them anxiety makes them very speedy and angry sometimes. With medications like Abilify you should be started with the lowest does possible and you should work your way up. Talk to you doctor and psychiatrist whoever wrote it to you and tell them asap that it making you feel crazy. With things like that its really trial and error what will work best and they do come with some heavy side effect because it working with changing the chemicals in your brain.
Q: Is my lack of concentration caused by my depression, my medication (Abilify), or both?
And how can I make it better?
I take Abilify for bipolar disorder, but it’s the depression part of the illness that’s causing me the most trouble at the minute.
A: I’m bipolar too… with depression. I was on Abilify for a few months, I had the same problem. I couldn’t focus at work or even having a conversation with someone at times it was hard! I would be looking at them, but I didn’t hear a thing they said. I am currently on disability because of my depression. Since then my pdoc took me off it and I was put on Geodon and that did’nt work! So now I take Lexapro 10mg, Depakote ER 1500mg and Vyvanse 50mg. Vyvanse is the newest I just started it a week ago. I feel great! I hope it keeps working. Talk to your doctor asap! I wish you luck it can be very frustrating! Hang in there!
Q: Can the medication abilify cause a RESTING tremor, or is it a constant tremor? Or both?
A: Well, yes it can happen in both but in rare circumstances
Q: Is the Medication Abilify approved for Pediatric use?
Can a pediatric physician legally perscribe abilify to a 13 year old without doing extensive tests to determine diagnosis?thank you much
A: If you put your 13 year old son on Abilify… a mixed serotonin / dopamine receptor Antagonist.. then you are the one who is sick, not your kid. If you go thorough with this I hope you at least read my response and understand that when your child becomes a mere shadow of his former self.. it will be all thanks to you. I am assuming that you have not been on an Anti-Psychotic medication right ? Right . I have and I’m telling you it’s not something you want for your kid.. and no matter how a 13-14 year old acts.. they are STILL A KID. Do not disrupt your childs normal neurotransmitter balance unless he is old enough himself to make the choice and provide informed consent. If you make the choice for your child.. then i hope this eats away at you forever. Anti-psychotics are no joke… i guess unless you haven’t been on one? Don’t be silly.. these kinds of meds are SERIOUS SHIT.
Q: Why does Abilify increase dopamine levels while every other anti-psychotic medication blocks dopamine?
I’ve been on Abilify for more than a month.
A: Abilify isn’t just a routine antipsychotic, it is an “atypical” antipsychotic; and also an antidepressant.
Abilify’s mechanism of action is different from the other antipsychotics, this accounts for the difference in dopamine levels.
Other causes for difference is that it acts as a D2 partial agonist rather than antagonizing the D2 receptor. It is also a partial agonist at the 5-HT1A receptor. Minimal weight gain may be the result of it action of antagonizing the 5-HT77 receptor and partial agonist at the 5HT2C receptor.
Q: What medication can i take other than abilify that?
does not produce TD.
I just it took it today and I feel like i cant focus, I feel like my eyes want to go side to side. I took it about 2 hours ago, I am taking this as an adjunct to celexa for my depression and anxiety.
please respond if you have any suggestions or have experienced what I am experincng and what alternative you were put on
Thanks
A: The only medication I know that doesn’t cause TD is Clozaril but it doesn’t treat depression. It’s used solely for treatment resistant schizophrenia (meaning you have to fail on more than 2 anti-psychotics and still have persistent hallucinations and delusions that impair your quality of life.)
Here’s what the physician information sheet has to say about Clozaril and TD:
Tardive Dyskinesia
A syndrome consisting of potentially irreversible, involuntary, dyskinetic movements may develop in patients treated with antipsychotic drugs. Although the prevalence of the syndrome appears to be highest among the elderly, especially elderly women, it is impossible to rely upon prevalence estimates to predict, at the inception of treatment, which patients are likely to develop the syndrome.
There are several reasons for predicting that CLOZARIL may be different from other antipsychotic drugs in its potential for inducing tardive dyskinesia, including the preclinical finding that it has a relatively weak dopamine-blocking effect and the clinical finding of a low incidence of certain acute extrapyramidal symptoms, e.g., dystonia. A few cases of tardive dyskinesia have been reported in patients on CLOZARIL who had been previously treated with other antipsychotic agents, so that a causal relationship cannot be established. There have been no reports of tardive dyskinesia directly attributable to CLOZARIL alone. Nevertheless, it cannot be concluded, without more extended experience, that CLOZARIL is incapable of inducing this syndrome.
Both the risk of developing the syndrome and the likelihood that it will become irreversible are believed to increase as the duration of treatment and the total cumulative dose of antipsychotic drugs administered to the patient increase. However, the syndrome can develop, although much less commonly, after relatively brief treatment periods at low doses. There is no known treatment for established cases of tardive dyskinesia, although the syndrome may remit, partially or completely, if antipsychotic drug treatment is withdrawn. Antipsychotic drug treatment, itself, however, may suppress (or partially suppress) the signs and symptoms of the syndrome and thereby may possibly mask the underlying process. The effect that symptom suppression has upon the long-term course of the syndrome is unknown.
Given these considerations, CLOZARIL should be prescribed in a manner that is most likely to minimize the occurrence of tardive dyskinesia. As with any antipsychotic drug, chronic CLOZARIL use should be reserved for patients who appear to be obtaining substantial benefit from the drug. In such patients, the smallest dose and the shortest duration of treatment should be sought. The need for continued treatment should be reassessed periodically.
If signs and symptoms of tardive dyskinesia appear in a patient on CLOZARIL, drug discontinuation should be considered. However, some patients may require treatment with CLOZARIL despite the presence of the syndrome.
However Clozaril does have a lot of risks, so I wouldn’t jump the gun.
check out the clozaril prescribing information and you will see what I mean:
http://www.pharma.us.novartis.com/product/pi/pdf/Clozaril.pdf
or the Clozaril website:
http://www.clozaril.com/
I wish you the best of luck in your treatment decisions and I hope the Abilify works out for you.
Q: is the medication abilify or lexipro for socail exiety, please tell me ?
ok im on these 2 medications, ones called abilify, and the others called lexipro, ones for OCD and ones for exiety, which i dont know if which ones for socail exiety me myself i dont wana take any of the medication unless i have proof that one of these medications for socail exiety, becuase im extremely scared on socail situations? anyone know if I ther one of these medications is undeed for socail exiety ?
A: Lexapro is used for social anxiety
Q: does Abilify medication Adverse side effects show signs of mental illness?
schzophenia reaction
A: What? I don’t get what you’re trying to ask 
Q: Mixing Medication, bad? Can I take my Vyvance and Abilify at the same time?
Vyvance is 35mg and Abilify is 5mg. Taking only one of each.
A: An interaction checker I used didn’t find an interaction between these 2 medications but gave out this interaction between Vyvance and food:
lisdexamfetamine ⇔ food
Applies to: Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine)
GENERALLY AVOID: Alcohol may potentiate the cardiovascular effects of amphetamines. The exact mechanism of interaction is unknown. In one study, concurrent administration of methamphetamine (30 mg intravenously) and ethanol (1 gm/kg orally over 30 minutes) increased heart rate by 24 beats/minute compared to methamphetamine alone. This increases cardiac work and myocardial oxygen consumption, which may lead to more adverse cardiovascular effects than either agent alone. Subjective effects of ethanol were diminished in the eight study subjects, but those of methamphetamine were not affected. The pharmacokinetics of methamphetamine were also unaffected except for a decrease in the apparent volume of distribution at steady state. The interaction was suspected in a case report of a 20-year-old male who experienced retrosternal chest pain shortly after drinking alcohol and taking a double dose of his amphetamine/dextroamphetamine medication (Adderall 15 mg X 2) to stay alert. The patient had no family history of cardiovascular diseases, and his past medical history was remarkable only for ADHD. Prior to the episode, the patient had not taken his medication for weeks and had been drinking whiskey the previous three nights before going to bed. The patient was diagnosed with myocardial infarction likely secondary to amphetamine-induced coronary vasospasm. MANAGEMENT: Concomitant use of amphetamines and alcohol should be avoided if possible, especially in patients with a history of heart disease.
Best of luck with these 2 medications.
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