How ABILIFY MAINTENA may help
Treating schizophrenia is an ongoing process, and your treatment plan will generally include medicine, counseling, and day-to-day support. Once-monthly
You should continue to take your current antipsychotic medication for 2 weeks after your first treatment with
No medication can guarantee that you won't miss a dose. However, once you've received the once-monthly injection, the medicine is in your body being gradually released for a month at a time.
Improving symptoms
ABILIFY MAINTENA has been shown to improve schizophrenia symptoms in patients who have experienced a relapse. In fact, patients given ABILIFY MAINTENA had improved symptoms in as soon as one week.†
A relapse was defined as clinical worsening, psychiatric hospitalization, increased risk of suicide, or violent behavior.
†In a 12-week trial of 339 acutely relapsed patients with schizophrenia,
Remaining relapse-free longer
‡In a 1-year clinical study that measured symptom control in 403 patients with schizophrenia, people treated with
SELECT IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Increased risk of stroke and ministroke has been reported in clinical studies with oral aripiprazole of elderly people with dementia-related psychosis and can lead to death.
What are the most common side effects of ABILIFY MAINTENA?
The most common side effects from a 12-week study of
Weight gain
17% of people on ABILIFY MAINTENA
7% of people on placebo
Injection site pain
5% of people on ABILIFY MAINTENA
1% of people on placebo
Inner sense of restlessness (feeling like you need to move)
11% of people on ABILIFY MAINTENA
4% of people on placebo
Sleepiness (sedation)
5% of people on ABILIFY MAINTENA
1% of people on placebo
These are not all the possible side effects of
Getting started with ABILIFY MAINTENA
Read the MEDICATION GUIDE before receiving
Before starting treatment with
Have you already taken the pill form of aripiprazole?
- If you have taken the pill form, be sure to tell your healthcare provider. This information will help them figure out how much medicine your body will be able to tolerate when you start
ABILIFY MAINTENA . - If you haven't taken the pill form, tell your healthcare provider. You will be asked to take the pill form for 2 weeks before getting your first injection of
ABILIFY MAINTENA , so your healthcare provider can see how well your body tolerates the medicine.
Important things to remember about your treatment
Talk to your healthcare provider
Remember to follow your
Take your current treatment
You should continue to take your current schizophrenia treatment for two weeks after your first treatment. This allows the levels of medicine in your body to stay consistent.
Receiving your injection
You will receive your medicine in the shoulder or buttock, which may cause a little pain. About 5% of people reported feeling injection pain.
Don't miss a dose
If you miss a dose for some reason, call your healthcare provider right away to discuss what you should do next. Following your treatment plan can help keep your relapses under control. You and your healthcare provider will determine how much medicine your body can tolerate. Mark your injection date on your calendar to help you remember when your next injection is.
ABILIFY MAINTENA and other medicines may affect each other causing possible serious side effects. ABILIFY MAINTENA may affect the way other medicines work, and other medicines may affect how ABILIFY MAINTENA works.
Where to get ABILIFY MAINTENA
There are several ways to receive your
Save on ABILIFY MAINTENA*
You may be eligible to start saving on your ABILIFY MAINTENA prescription by taking this card to your next injection appointment.*
Eligible patients may pay as little as $10 per 30-day calendar month with an annual maximum benefit of $8,000 and monthly $1,400 maximum. Presumes only 1 prescription filled per calendar month.