ARIPRIP 10 TABLET 10MG

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**DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION** **Schizophrenia** **Adults** _Usual Dose_ The recommended starting and target dose for Aripiprazole is 10 or 15 mg/day administered on a once-a-day schedule without regard to meals. Aripiprazole has been systematically evaluated and shown to be effective in a dose range of 10 to 30 mg/day; however, doses higher than 10 or 15 mg/day were not more effective than 10 or 15 mg/day. Dosage increases should generally not be made before 2 weeks, the time needed to achieve steady state _\[see CLINICAL STUDIES_ – _please refer to the Product Insert/Patient Information Leaflet published on HSA for the full drug information_ _\]_. _Maintenance Therapy_ While there is no body of evidence available to answer the question of how long a patient treated with aripiprazole should remain on it, systematic evaluation of patients with schizophrenia who had been symptomatically stable on other antipsychotic medication, for periods of 3 months or longer, were discontinued from those medications, and were then administered Aripiprazole 15 mg/day and observed for relapse during a period of up to 26 weeks, demonstrated a benefit of such maintenance treatment _\[see CLINICAL STUDIES_ – _please refer to the Product Insert/Patient Information Leaflet published on HSA for the full drug information_ _\]_. Patients should be periodically reassessed to determine the need for maintenance treatment. **Adolescents** _Usual Dose_ The recommended target dose of Aripiprazole is 10 mg/day. Aripiprazole was studied in adolescent patients 13 to 17 years of age with Schizophrenia at daily doses of 10 mg and 30mg. The starting daily dose of the tablet formulation in these patients was 2 mg, which was titrated to 5 mg after 2 days and to the target dose of 10 mg after 2 additional days. Subsequent dose increases should be administered in 5 mg increments. The 30 mg/day dose was not shown to be more efficacious than the 10 mg/day dose and was associated with a higher incidence of significant adverse reactions including extrapyramidal disorder, somnolence and tremor _\[see SIDE EFFECTS_ – _please refer to the Product Insert/Patient Information Leaflet published on HSA for the full drug information_ _\]_. Aripiprazole can be administered without regard to meals _\[see CLINICAL STUDIES_ – _please refer to the Product Insert/Patient Information Leaflet published on HSA for the full drug information_ _\]_. _Maintenance Therapy_ The efficacy of Aripiprazole for the maintenance treatment of schizophrenia in the adolescent population has not been evaluated. While there is no body of evidence available to answer the question of how long the adolescent patient treated with Aripiprazole should be maintained on the drug, maintenance efficacy can be extrapolated from adult data along with comparisons of aripiprazole pharmacokinetic parameters in adult and paediatric patients. Thus, it is generally recommended that responding patients be continued beyond the acute response, but at the lowest dose needed to maintain remission. Patients should be periodically reassessed to determine the need for maintenance treatment. **Switching from Other Antipsychotics** There are no systematically collected data to specifically address switching patients with schizophrenia from other antipsychotics to Aripiprazole or concerning concomitant administration with other antipsychotics. While immediate discontinuation of the previous antipsychotic treatment may be acceptable for some patients with schizophrenia, more gradual discontinuation may be most appropriate for others. In all cases, the period of overlapping antipsychotic administration should be minimized. **Bipolar Disorder** _Acute Treatment of Manic and Mixed Episodes_ **Adults** The recommended starting dose in adults is 15 mg given once daily as monotherapy and 10 to 15 mg given once daily as adjunctive therapy with lithium or valproate. Aripiprazole can be given without regard to meals. The recommended target dose of Aripiprazole is 15 mg/day, as monotherapy or as adjunctive therapy with lithium or valproate. The dose may be increased to 30 mg/day based on clinical response. The safety of doses above 30 mg/day has not been evaluated in clinical trials. **Adolescents** The recommended starting dose in adolescent patients as monotherapy is 2 mg/day, with titration to 5 mg/day after 2 days, and a target dose of 10 mg/day after 2 additional days. Subsequent dose increases, if needed, should be administered in 5 mg/day increments. Aripiprazole can be given without regard to meals. Enhanced efficacy at doses higher than a daily dose of 10 mg has not been demonstrated, and a daily dose of 30 mg is associated with a substantially higher incidence of significant adverse reactions including extrapyramidal disorder, somnolence, akathisia and salivary hypersecretion. Doses higher than 10 mg/day should therefore only be used in exceptional cases and with close clinical monitoring _\[see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS, SIDE EFFECTS, and CLINICAL STUDIES_ – _please refer to the Product Insert/Patient Information Leaflet published on HSA for the full drug information_ _\]_. Younger patients are at increased risk of experiencing adverse events associated with aripiprazole. Therefore, Aripiprazole is not recommended for use in patients below 13 years of age _\[see SIDE EFFECTS and CLINICAL STUDIES_ – _please refer to the Product Insert/Patient Information Leaflet published on HSA for the full drug information_ _\]_. _Maintenance Therapy_ The recommended dose for maintenance treatment is the same dose needed to stabilize patients during acute treatment, both for adult and paediatric patients. Systematic evaluation of adult patients with Bipolar I Disorder experiencing a manic or mixed episode, who had been symptomatically stable on Aripiprazole Tablets (15 mg/day or 30 mg/day with a starting dose of 30 mg/day) for 6 consecutive weeks and then randomized to Aripiprazole Tablets (15 mg/day or 30 mg/day) or placebo for at least 6 months and up to an additional 17 months of observation for relapse, demonstrated a benefit of such maintenance treatment _\[see CLINICAL STUDIES_ – _please refer to the Product Insert/Patient Information Leaflet published on HSA for the full drug information_ _\]_. Patient should be periodically reassessed to determine the need for maintenance treatment. **Irritability Associated with Autistic Disorder** Paediatric Patients (6 to 17 years) The recommended dosage range for the treatment of paediatric patients with irritability associated with autistic disorder is 5 to 15 mg/day. Dosing should be initiated at 2 mg/day. The dose should be increased to 5 mg/day, with subsequent increases to 10 or 15 mg/day if needed. Dose adjustments of up to 5 mg/day should occur gradually, at intervals of no less than 1 week \[ _see_ CLINICAL STUDIES – _please refer to the Product Insert/Patient Information Leaflet published on HSA for the full drug information_\]. Patients should be periodically reassessed to determine the continued need for maintenance treatment. **Tourette’s Disorder** Paediatric Patients (6 to 18 years) The recommended dosage range for Tourette’s Disorder is 5 to 20 mg/day. For patients weighing less than 50 kg, dosing should be initiated at 2 mg/day with a target dose of 5 mg/day after 2 days. The dose can be increased to 10 mg/day in patients who do not achieve optimal control of tics. Dosage adjustments should occur gradually at intervals of no less than 1 week. For patients weighing 50 kg or more, dosing should be initiated at 2 mg/day for 2 days, and then increased to 5 mg/day for 5 days, with a target dose of 10 mg/day on day 8. The dose can be increased up to 20 mg/day for patients who do not achieve optimal control of tics. Dosage adjustments should occur gradually in increments of 5 mg/day at intervals of no less than 1 week \[ _see_ CLINICAL STUDIES – _please refer to the Product Insert/Patient Information Leaflet published on HSA for the full drug information_\]. Patients should be periodically reassessed to determine the continued need for maintenance treatment. **Dosage Adjustments for Cytochrome P450 Considerations** Dosage adjustments are recommended in patients who are known CYP2D6 poor metabolizers and in patients taking concomitant CYP3A4 inhibitors or CYP2D6 inhibitors or strong CYP3A4 inducers (see Table 1). When the co-administered drug is withdrawn from the combination therapy, Aripiprazole dosage should then be adjusted to its original level. When the co-administered CYP3A4 inducer is withdrawn, Aripiprazole dosage should be reduced to the original level over 1 to 2 weeks. Patients who may be receiving a combination of strong, moderate, and weak inhibitors of CYP3A4 and CYP2D6 (e.g., a strong CYP3A4 inhibitor and a moderate CYP2D6 inhibitor or a moderate CYP3A4 inhibitor with a moderate CYP2D6 inhibitor), the dosing may be reduced to one-quarter (25%) of the usual dose initially and then adjusted to achieve a favourable clinical response.  **Special population** Hepatic and Renal Impairment: No dosage adjustment for Aripiprazole is required on the basis of a patient’s hepatic function (mild to severe hepatic impairment, Child-Pugh score between 5 and 15), or renal function (mild to severe renal impairment, glomerular filtration rate between 15 and 90 mL/minute). Geriatric Use: No dosage adjustment is recommended for elderly patients. Of the 13,543 patients treated with oral Aripiprazole in clinical trials, 1,073 (8%) were ≥ 65 years old and 799 (6%) were ≥ 75 years old. Placebo-controlled studies of oral Aripiprazole in schizophrenia, bipolar mania, or major depressive disorder did not include sufficient numbers of subjects aged 65 years and over to determine whether they respond differently from younger subjects. Aripiprazole is not approved for treatment of patients with psychosis associated with Alzheimer's disease Other Specific Populations: No dosage adjustment for Aripiprazole is required on the basis of a patient's sex, race, or smoking status. **Method of administration:** Aripiprazole tablets are for oral use without regard to meals.