Aripiprazol Langzeitinjektion

About aripiprazole long-acting injection

Schizophrenie is a mental health condition that causes disordered ideas, beliefs and experiences. You will have been prescribed aripiprazole to relieve the symptoms of schizophrenia. Such symptoms include hearing, seeing, or sensing things that are not real, having mistaken beliefs, and feeling unusually suspicious. Aripiprazole works on the balance of chemical substances in your brain to help control these types of symptoms.

Long-acting, or 'depot', injections are used for maintenance once your symptoms have been eased by taking tablets. The injection slowly releases aripiprazole into your body. You will need to receive the injection regularly, once every month. The main advantage of a depot injection is that you do not have to remember to take tablets every day.

For information about taking aripiprazole tablets every day see our medicine leaflet called Aripiprazole (Abilify).

Some medicines are not suitable for people with certain conditions, and sometimes a medicine may only be used if extra care is taken. For these reasons, before you start having aripiprazole it is important that your doctor knows:

• Wenn Sie schwanger sind oder stillen.

• Wenn Sie eine Herzkrankheit oder Gefäßerkrankung haben.

• If you have had a stroke, or if you have been told you have 'thickening' of the blood vessels to your brain.

• Wenn Sie Leber-, Nieren- oder Prostataprobleme haben.

• Wenn Sie Probleme beim Atmen haben.

• Wenn Sie eine der folgenden Erkrankungen haben: Epilepsie, Depression, Parkinson-Krankheit, erhöhten Druck im Auge (Glaukom) oder eine Erkrankung, die Muskelschwäche verursacht, genannt Myasthenia gravis.

• Falls Sie jemals eine Gelbfärbung Ihrer Haut oder der Weiße Ihrer Augen (Gelbsucht) oder eine Blutkrankheit hatten.

• Wenn Sie einen Tumor an Ihrer Nebenniere haben (eine Erkrankung namens Phäochromozytom).

• Wenn Sie eine allergische Reaktion auf ein Medikament gehabt haben.

• Wenn Sie andere Medikamente einnehmen oder verwenden. Dazu gehören alle Medikamente, die Sie einnehmen und die ohne Rezept erhältlich sind, sowie pflanzliche und ergänzende Medikamente.

• Before you start the treatment, ask to read the manufacturer's printed information leaflet from inside the pack. It will give you more information about aripiprazole and it will also provide you with a full list of the side-effects which you may experience from having it.

• Aripiprazole injection will be given to you by a doctor or nurse. The injection is given into a muscle of your bottom (buttock) or your upper arm. You will be given an injection once every month - it is important that there is an interval of at least 26 days between each injection.

• You may be asked to continue taking your tablets for 14 days after you have had your first injection. This is because it can take a few weeks before you feel the full effect from the injection.
  

• Your treatment will require careful monitoring to make sure that you get the best possible benefit from aripiprazole. Keep your regular doctor's appointments so that you get your injections on time, and your progress can be checked. If you miss an appointment for an injection, contact your doctor to arrange for another appointment as soon as possible.

• If you are due to have any dental treatment or an operation, please tell the person carrying out the treatment that you have had an aripiprazole injection. This is important because it may interfere with any anaesthetic you receive.

• Wenn Sie rezeptfreie Medikamente kaufen oder einnehmen, fragen Sie einen Apotheker, ob sie für die Einnahme mit Aripiprazol geeignet sind.

• Wenn Sie Diabetes haben, müssen Sie Ihren Blutzucker möglicherweise häufiger überprüfen, da Aripiprazol die Blutzuckerwerte beeinflussen kann. Ihr Arzt wird Sie darüber informieren.

• If you drink alcohol, please ask your doctor for advice. Alcohol increases the risk of side-effects from aripiprazole so it is best avoided.

• Die Behandlung mit Medikamenten wie Aripiprazol kann manchmal zu Problemen mit impulsivem Verhalten führen. Wenn Sie Veränderungen in Ihrem Verhalten bemerken, wie zum Beispiel ein verstärktes Verlangen zu spielen, müssen Sie Ihren Arzt so bald wie möglich informieren.

• A small number of people taking medicines like aripiprazole can have thoughts about harming themselves or ending their lives. It is very important that you tell your doctor about this if it happens to you.

Along with their useful effects, most medicines can cause unwanted side-effects although not everyone experiences them. The table below contains some of the most common ones associated with aripiprazole long-acting injection. You will find a full list in the manufacturer's information leaflet supplied with your medicine. The unwanted effects often improve as your body adjusts to the new medicine, but speak with your doctor or pharmacist if any of the following continue or become troublesome.

Wenn Sie andere Symptome bemerken, die Ihrer Meinung nach auf das Medikament zurückzuführen sein könnten, sprechen Sie bitte mit Ihrem Arzt oder Apotheker für weitere Ratschläge.