Posted by LostBoyinNCReturns on March 15, 2012, at 10:28:35
In reply to Re: What do you think of abilify at a low dose for Uni » LostBoyinNCReturns, posted by SLS on March 15, 2012, at 6:15:11
> Hi Eric.
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> > I would not do it, with the blood sugar risks. Abilify is an atypical AP as you already know. It is just not worth the risk. You could easily start out with one serious illness, Major depression. And end up a year or more later with two major illnesses. Major depression and type II diabetes.
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> Are you saying that all atypical antipsychotics carry a risk of producing diabetes? If not, do you happen to know what the statistical rate of occurrence is for the various drugs? What about Abilify?
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> For me, Abilify has not produced any untoward changes in my blood-sugar. I have been taking this drug at a dosage of 10 mg or more for a decade.
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> Thanks.
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> - Scott
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I dont keep up with all these meds like I used to, but I do know there is an FDA black box warning on Abilify. For blood sugar elevations (diabetes). All atypical APs have that FDA black box warning on them now. I would not think they would carry that warning unless there was some foreseeable evidence that says atypical APs have a decent likelihood of raising blood sugar and inducing type II diabetes in a goodly percentage of folks.Not arguing, just sayin...
Prevention is the best cure, IMO.
Eric
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