Posted by BRC on November 13, 2008, at 5:39:29
Hi,
I saw a commercial last night for Abilify. This ad stated that if your depression medicaion wasn't working that Abilify could help impove your symptoms.
I have two questions? (1) I thought Abilify was anti-psychotic and Bi-Polor med. I know that pych. meds are widely prescribed to treat problems that the drug otherwise was intended for. (2) Is Abilify in the same class of meds as Zyprexa, Geodon, etc? Does it work primarily on dopamine? Does it carry the same potentially damaging physical side effects as the other anti-psychotics.
I ask these questions b/c I meet for the second time with my new pdoc next week. I have pretty bad OCD intrusive thoughts and was told at one time that small doses of some anti-psychotic meds may help. But seeing a lot of patients taking anti-psychotics having tremors, tics, etc. I was scared to even try. But does Abilify usually cause these problems?
Sorry for all the questions :).
BRC
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