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Choose ABILIFY MAINTENA® (aripiprazole) for your appropriate adult patients living with schizophrenia or for maintenance monotherapy treatment of bipolar I disorder1
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Choose ABILIFY MAINTENA® (aripiprazole) for your appropriate adult patients living with schizophrenia or for maintenance monotherapy treatment of bipolar I disorder1
Elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis treated with antipsychotic drugs are at increased risk of death (1.6 to 1.7 times) compared to placebo-treated patients. ABILIFY ASIMTUFII and ABILIFY MAINTENA are not approved for the treatment of patients with dementia-related psychosis.
Contraindication: Known hypersensitivity reaction to aripiprazole. Reactions have ranged from pruritus/urticaria to anaphylaxis.
Cerebrovascular Adverse Events, Including Stroke: Increased incidence of cerebrovascular adverse events (e.g., stroke, transient ischemic attack), including fatalities, have been reported in clinical trials of elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis treated with oral aripiprazole.
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS): NMS is a potentially fatal symptom complex reported in association with administration of antipsychotic drugs including aripiprazole. Clinical signs of NMS are hyperpyrexia, muscle rigidity, altered mental status and evidence of autonomic instability. Additional signs may include elevated creatine phosphokinase, myoglobinuria (rhabdomyolysis), and acute renal failure. Manage NMS with immediate discontinuation of aripiprazole, intensive symptomatic treatment, and monitoring.
Tardive Dyskinesia (TD): Risk of TD, and the potential to become irreversible, are believed to increase with duration of treatment and total cumulative dose of antipsychotic drugs. TD can develop after a relatively brief treatment period, even at low doses, or after discontinuation of treatment. Prescribing should be consistent with the need to minimize TD. If antipsychotic treatment is withdrawn, TD may remit, partially or completely.
Metabolic Changes: Atypical antipsychotic drugs have caused metabolic changes including:
Pathological Gambling and Other Compulsive Behaviors: Intense urges, particularly for gambling, and the inability to control these urges have been reported while taking aripiprazole. Other compulsive urges have been reported less frequently. Prescribers should ask patients or their caregivers about the development of new or intense compulsive urges. Consider dose reduction or stopping aripiprazole if such urges develop.
Orthostatic Hypotension or Syncope: ABILIFY ASIMTUFII and ABILIFY MAINTENA may cause orthostatic hypotension and should be used with caution in patients with known cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, or conditions which would predispose them to hypotension. Monitoring of orthostatic vital signs should be considered in patients who are vulnerable to hypotension.
Falls: Antipsychotics may cause somnolence, postural hypotension, motor and sensory instability, which may lead to falls causing fractures or other injuries. For patients with diseases, conditions, or medications that could exacerbate these effects, complete fall risk assessments when initiating treatment and recurrently during therapy.
Leukopenia, Neutropenia, and Agranulocytosis: Leukopenia, neutropenia, and agranulocytosis have been reported with antipsychotics. Monitor complete blood count in patients with pre-existing low white blood cell count (WBC)/absolute neutrophil count or history of drug-induced leukopenia/neutropenia. Discontinue ABILIFY ASIMTUFII or ABILIFY MAINTENA at the first sign of a clinically significant decline in WBC and in severely neutropenic patients.
Seizures: ABILIFY ASIMTUFII and ABILIFY MAINTENA should be used with caution in patients with a history of seizures or with conditions that lower the seizure threshold.
Potential for Cognitive and Motor Impairment: ABILIFY ASIMTUFII and ABILIFY MAINTENA may impair judgment, thinking, or motor skills. Patients should be cautioned about performing activities that require mental alertness such as operating hazardous machinery or operating a motor vehicle, until they are reasonably certain that therapy with ABILIFY ASIMTUFII or ABILIFY MAINTENA does not affect them adversely.
Body Temperature Regulation: Use ABILIFY ASIMTUFII or ABILIFY MAINTENA with caution in patients who may experience conditions that increase body temperature (e.g., strenuous exercise, extreme heat, dehydration, or concomitant use with anticholinergics).
Dysphagia: Esophageal dysmotility and aspiration have been associated with aripiprazole. Use caution in patients at risk for aspiration.
Alcohol: Advise patients to avoid alcohol while taking ABILIFY ASIMTUFII or ABILIFY MAINTENA.
Concomitant Medications: Dosage reductions are recommended in patients who are CYP2D6 poor metabolizers and/or in patients taking concomitant CYP3A4 inhibitors or CYP2D6 inhibitors for greater than 14 days. Avoid concomitant use of CYP3A4 inducers with ABILIFY ASIMTUFII and ABILIFY MAINTENA for greater than 14 days. Dosage adjustments are not recommended for patients with concomitant use of CYP3A4 inhibitors, CYP2D6 inhibitors or CYP3A4 inducers for less than 14 days.
Most Commonly Observed Adverse Reactions: The most commonly observed adverse reactions with ABILIFY MAINTENA in patients with schizophrenia (incidence of ≥5% and at least twice that for placebo) were increased weight, akathisia, injection site pain, and sedation.
Injection Site Reactions:
Dystonia: Symptoms of dystonia may occur in susceptible individuals during the first days of treatment and at low doses.
Pregnancy: Neonates exposed to antipsychotic drugs, including aripiprazole, during the third trimester of pregnancy are at risk for extrapyramidal and/or withdrawal symptoms. There are risks to the mother associated with untreated schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder and with exposure to antipsychotics, including ABILIFY ASIMTUFII and ABILIFY MAINTENA, during pregnancy.
Lactation: Aripiprazole is present in human breast milk. Monitor the breastfed infant for dehydration and lack of appropriate weight gain. The developmental and health benefits of breastfeeding should be considered along with the mother’s clinical need for ABILIFY ASIMTUFII or ABILIFY MAINTENA and any potential adverse effects on the breastfed infant from ABILIFY ASIMTUFII or ABILIFY MAINTENA or from the underlying maternal condition.
ABILIFY ASIMTUFII® (aripiprazole) is an atypical antipsychotic indicated for:
ABILIFY MAINTENA® (aripiprazole) is an atypical antipsychotic indicated for:
To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS, contact Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. at 1‑800‑438-9927
or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 (www.fda.gov/
Please see FULL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION, including BOXED WARNING, for ABILIFY ASIMTUFII and ABILIFY MAINTENA.
Reference: 1. ABILIFY MAINTENA® (aripiprazole) Prescribing Information.